Wherein Petrarch confesses his folly

`Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono O ye (is refering to the readers) that hear in vagrant rhymes the
sighing

On which the headlong heart of youth went feeding, these intro

Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono 1
di quei sospiri ond'io nudriva 'l core 2
in sul mio primo giovenile errore 3
quand'era in parte altr'uom da quel ch'i'sono: 4
del vario stile in ch'io piango e ragiono, 5
fra le vane speranze e 'l van dolore, 6
ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, 7
spero trovar pietà, non che perdono. 8
Ma ben veggio or sì come al popol tutto 9
favola fui gran tempo, onde sovente 10
de me medesmo meco mi vergogno; 11
e del mio vaneggiar vergogna è il frutto 12
e l' pentersi, e 'l conoscer chiaramente 13
people recognize "the sound of heavy sighs" which fed his heart
when he was young and inexperienced. The speaker begins the collection of sonnets by
When, still unseasoned, still at folly's leading establishing the thoughts and ideas which will
dominate the remainder of the work. The form
I turned from fears in sudden tenor flying
of the sonnets are established immediately.
Here in these lines at the time of the speakers juvenile or
youthful mistake ( reffering to his End
love for Laura) when he was partially different The speaker in Sonnet 1 appears to be thinking
from who he is now (only partially because back on his youth due to his maturity. The
neither then was he totally subject to love's
arrangement of Petrarch's sonnets is not always
chronological. The first sonnet introduces the
passion, nor now has he rid himself of it
ideas and reminds the reader that the innocent
completely) young guy who falls head over heels in love
To hopes whose glitter proved no less a lying— with Laura will soon mature and become a
more mature, introspective, and accomplished
As variously related for your reading—
poet.
If ever from Love's arrow ye fled bleeding, it states here that if
there is somebody who knows what love is because he/she has
experimented with it
Pity, and pardon me this anguished crying!

che quanto piace al mondo è breve sogno. 14
, the speaker hopes to find not only forgiveness but also
compassion for the different ways (for the alternation of
feelings and tones) in which I complain and talk, switching
between hopes and pains which are equally vain.
He hopes that anyone who has experienced "love
firsthand" will be able to sympathize and pardon
his mixed styles.

But well I know how, I must walk derided,

A jest, a syllable in tavern chatter;

By self-reproach my self-deceit goes chided,

And shame is all the fruit my follies scatter—
Shame and a sense of pleasures that have glided
Like ghosts in a dream too trivial to matter.
He also realizes that all pleasures he experiences are nothing
more than a dream.
The result of losing himself to vain passions is
shame, and, and the consequence of that is his
repentance.
The speaker has realized that his poetry has made
him the subject of gossip and he is filled with
shame. This shame is the "fruit" of his "clever
ravings."