Quand' Io V' Odo Parlar Si Dolcemente
The poem describes the speaker's longing to be reunited with a beloved who has departed. The speaker recalls the sweet words spoken by the beloved and yearns to hear them again. The poem expresses a deep sense of loss and nostalgia, with the speaker imploring fate to bring the beloved back.
By Francesco Petrarca · First published 1344 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Sonnet · 185 words
First lines
TO ONE WHO SPOKE TO HIM OF LAURA.
Whene'er you speak of her in that soft tone Which Love himself his votaries surely taught, My ardent passion to such fire is wrought, That e'en the dead reviving warmth might own: Where'er to me she, dear or kind, was known There the bright lady is to mind now brought, In the same bearing which, to waken thought, Needed no sound but of my sighs alone.
Half-turn'd I see her looking, on the breeze Her light hair flung; so true her memories roll On my fond heart of which she keeps the keys; But the surpassing bliss which floods my soul So checks my tongue, to tell how, queen-like, there, She sits as on her throne, I never dare.
MACGREGOR.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Francesco Petrarca
- Date: 1344 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Sonnet, Italian Literature, Philosophical Poetry
- Length: 185 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is characterized by personal emotion and reflection, typical of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of love and idealization of the beloved align with Romantic ideals.
- Sonnet — The structure and style suggest it is a sonnet, a common form in Petrarch's work.
- Italian Literature — The work is a significant piece of Italian literary heritage, reflecting the cultural context of its time.
Tags
Italian Literature · Renaissance Poetry · Love Poems · Sonnet Collection · 14th Century Literature · Classical Influence · Romanticism · Courtly Love · Medieval Italian · Lyrical Poetry · Elegy · Ode
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