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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