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Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers

  • Written by Shannon McHugh, Associate Professor of French and Italian, UMass Boston
Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for loversSonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman.AndreasPraefcke/Wikimedia Commons

As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never goes out of style. The gift of verse may carry extra cachet this Valentine’s Day, on the heels of Taylor Swift’s announcement that her next...

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