Bernesque poetry
Bernesque poetry is a genre of satirical poetry that flourished during the Italian Renaissance. The style is named after Francesco Berni, an early pioneer of the style who popularized it across Europe.{{Cite web|title=Francesco Berni|url=https://www.lifeinitaly.com/culture/francesco-berni|date=2019-09-21|website=Life in Italy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-02}}
Tropes
Bernesque poetry is noted for its humorous and mocking tone,{{Cite book|last=Dynes|first=Wayne R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YrXOCwAAQBAJ&q=bernesque+poetry&pg=PA131|title=Encyclopedia of Homosexuality: Volume I|date=2016-03-22|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-36815-1|language=en}} as well as its tendency to make light of serious or distressing situations. Bernesque poetry often relies on double meanings which are deployed in a masterful way-characteristically incarnated in food items or objects of daily use.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
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