Giunto M' Ha Amor Fra Belle E Crude Braccia
The poem describes the speaker's longing for a beloved who has departed, leaving them with a deep sense of sorrow and yearning. The speaker recalls the beauty and cruelty of their lover's arms, which had once held them close but now seem distant and unattainable. The poem explores the pain of lost love and the struggle to come to terms with its absence.
By Francesco Petrarca · First published 1343 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Sonnet · 175 words
First lines
HE CANNOT END HER CRUELTY, NOR SHE HIS HOPE.
Me Love has left in fair cold arms to lie, Which kill me wrongfully: if I complain, My martyrdom is doubled, worse my pain: Better in silence love, and loving die! For she the frozen Rhine with burning eye Can melt at will, the hard rock break in twain, So equal to her beauty her disdain That others' pleasure wakes her angry sigh.
A breathing moving marble all the rest, Of very adamant is made her heart, So hard, to move it baffles all my art.
Despite her lowering brow and haughty breast, One thing she cannot, my fond heart deter From tender hopes and passionate sighs for her.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Francesco Petrarca
- Date: 1343 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Sonnet, Tragic Love, Philosophical Poetry
- Length: 175 words
- Structure: 1 section, 5 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is characterized by personal expression of emotions and feelings, typical of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of unrequited love and idealized beauty align with Romantic ideals.
- Sonnet — The structure and style suggest it is a sonnet, a common form in Petrarchan poetry.
- Tragic Love — The themes of suffering and despair in love indicate a tragic love genre.
Tags
love · beauty · passion · desire · heartbreak · romanticism · poetry · Italian literature · emotional conflict · nature · longing · suffering
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