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Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–1374), Italian poet; Laura was his unattainable beloved, the subject of the Canzoniere. Marie invokes the tradition of idealized, unrequited devotion. ↩
Cynthia was the pseudonym of Hostia, the mistress of the Latin elegist Propertius (c. 50–15 BC), who devoted his Elegies to her — a passion presented as consuming but demeaning. Marie's comparison places Pietro in the lesser, earthly category of love. ↩