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Why does the speaker in sonnet 18 by petrarch repeatedly use negative words and phrases?

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It could be said that the speaker in sonnet 18 by Petrarch conveys negative ideas in order to exalt the beauty of love. as he compares love with summer , he tends to say that the latest is not as good as love because it ends quickly. So he concludes that everything that is beautiful disappears.
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