Ineed with petrarch's poetic structure
read the excerpt below and answer the question.
and i live on, but in grief and self-contempt, left here without the light i loved so much, in a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt. (lines 9-11)
the metaphor light in the passage above refers to
laura
god
poetic inspiration
cicero

Laura

In this excerpt, Petrarch states that he is left without the thing he loved the most. This he refers to as a "light." It is likely that what Petrarch refers to is Laura, his famous love. Although it is not clear who Laura was, many of Petrarch's poems are dedicated to her.

The metaphor light in the passage above refers to Laura

Explanation:

Francesco Petrarch wrote the sonnet 292 in memory of the love of his life, a woman named Laura who he deeply loved from far until she died in 1348, many of his poems and sonnets were made with her as an inspiration, she was his muse, in this specific sonnet he idealizes her and as he sorrows his loss he makes her divine.

uh, the answer is d i guess.