frlit1-3, Exercise 3: The Pleiade

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The Pleiade set out to enrich French poetry by imitating the ancients and the Italians, arguing in a manifesto by Joachim du Bellay (1549) that French was worthy of great poetry. Two poets: Pierre de Ronsard, known for odes, love sonnets and a famous short poem urging a young woman to gather the roses of her youth; and Joachim du Bellay, known for the Regrets, homesick, ironic sonnets written during a stay in Rome.

Check the title and date of the manifesto against a reference work.