Audacity in love, audacity in language Erotization and remotivation of Petrarchan vehicles in Ronsard and Baïf’s Amours (1552-1555)

In their collections of Amours, Ronsard and Baïf willingly bestow remotivations upon Petrarchan vehicles, to enrich them with a more voluptuous meaning. Sometimes they do this by exploiting the metaphorical potential of the proper meaning of traditional images ; sometimes they combine the latter with isotopies of weaving and repetition. This article compares Baïf’s bold style with the more intimate and unexpected Ronsardian style on the basis of these two strategies.