petrarchism/pɪˈtɹɑːkɪzəm/EtymologyFrom Petrarch + -ism.nounThe literary style of Petrarch.Any literary work or passage written in this style.“But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms.”