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How many poems in the Canzoniere concern Laura during her lifetime?

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Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand. — Petrarch Petrarch, engraving.

In his Canzoniere, the Italian poet Petrarch divided his collection into two distinct parts to reflect his spiritual and emotional journey. The first section, titled Rime in vita di Laura ("Poems During Laura’s Life"), contains 263 poems that concern his beloved Laura during her lifetime.12