Petrarchism is generally defined as the direct or indirect emulation of Petrarch (1304-1374). Historically, it was founded on the poetics of imitation (Latin imitatio). The poetics of imitation remained mandatory long into the 18th century, and was in turn based on a close interaction of poetry and rhetoric (cf. Mimesis) [6]. Although already present in the Middle Ages, the poetics of imitation increasingly acquired programmatic power in the age of Renaissance Humanism, where…