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In his celebrated collection known as the Canzoniere, Petrarch included the following poetic forms:
Petrarch worked on this collection of vernacular poems from 1330 until his death, utilizing these diverse forms to provide poetic expression to his spiritual conflicts and his evolving feelings regarding his love for Laura.1