Passa La Nave Mia Colma D' Oblio
The poem is a lamentation of the speaker's lost love, with the ship of their mind being overwhelmed by forgetfulness. The speaker describes how they are unable to recall their beloved's face, and how their memories of her are fading away like autumn leaves. They express frustration at their inability to hold on to these memories, and compare themselves unfavorably to others who have been able to retain their memories of love.
By Francesco Petrarca · First published 1343 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Allegory · 345 words
First lines
UNDER THE FIGURE OF A TEMPEST-TOSSED VESSEL, HE DESCRIBES HIS OWN SAD STATE.
My bark, deep laden with oblivion, rides O'er boisterous waves, through winter's midnight gloom, 'Twixt Scylla and Charybdis, while, in room Of pilot, Love, mine enemy, presides; At every oar a guilty fancy bides, Holding at nought the tempest and the tomb; A moist eternal wind the sails consume, Of sighs, of hopes, and of desire besides.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Francesco Petrarca
- Date: 1343 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Allegory, Meditative Poetry, Sonnet
- Length: 345 words
- Structure: 1 section, 7 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work expresses personal emotions and reflections, characteristic of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of love, longing, and nature's tumultuousness align with Romantic ideals.
- Allegory — The tempest-tossed vessel serves as an allegorical representation of the speaker's emotional state.
- Meditative Poetry — The poem reflects on inner thoughts and existential themes, typical of meditative poetry.
Tags
Italian Literature · Renaissance Poetry · Sonnet Collection · Love Poems · Medieval Italian · Classical Influence · Lyrical Poetry · Personal Reflections · Memory and Forgetting · Longing and Yearning · Nature Imagery · Symbolism
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