Ahi Bella Liberta, Come Tu M' Hai
The poem is a lamentation of the loss of liberty and the beauty of Italy. The speaker describes how liberty has abandoned Italy, leaving it in a state of despair and chaos. He addresses Liberty directly, asking her why she has forsaken him and his country, and what wrong they have committed to deserve such punishment.
By Francesco Petrarca · First published 1344 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Elegy · 360 words
First lines
HE DEPLORES HIS LOST LIBERTY AND THE UNHAPPINESS OF HIS PRESENT STATE.
Alas! fair Liberty, thus left by thee, Well hast thou taught my discontented heart To mourn the peace it felt, ere yet Love's dart Dealt me the wound which heal'd can never be; Mine eyes so charm'd with their own weakness grow That my dull mind of reason spurns the chain; All worldly occupation they disdain, Ah! that I should myself have train'd them so.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Francesco Petrarca
- Date: 1344 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Elegy, Philosophical Poetry, Sonnet
- Length: 360 words
- Structure: 1 section, 7 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work expresses personal emotions and reflections, characteristic of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of love, longing, and the idealization of liberty align with Romantic ideals.
- Elegy — The poem mourns lost liberty and expresses sorrow, fitting the elegiac tradition.
- Philosophical Poetry — Explores themes of reason, love, and the human condition, indicative of philosophical inquiry.
Tags
Italian Literature · Renaissance Poetry · Love Poems · Sonnet Collection · Classical Italian · Romanticism · 14th Century Literature · Medieval Poetry · Courtly Love · Platonic Love · Elegy · Lyrical Poetry
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