Se Lamentar Augelli, o Verdi Fronde
The poem describes the poet's longing for a distant beloved, lamenting the passing of time and the cruelty of fate that keeps them apart. The speaker invokes the beauty of nature to witness their sorrow, comparing their tears to the falling leaves and their sighs to the rustling of branches. They express frustration at being unable to change their circumstances, feeling trapped in a life without their loved one.
By Francesco Petrarca · First published 1343 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Elegy · 545 words
First lines
SHE IS EVER PRESENT TO HIM.
If the lorn bird complain, or rustling sweep / Soft summer airs o'er foliage waving slow, / Or the hoarse brook come murmuring down the steep, / Where on the enamell'd bank I sit below / With thoughts of love that bid my numbers flow; / 'Tis then I see her, though in earth she sleep! / Her, form'd in heaven! I see, and hear, and know! / Responsive sighing, weeping as I weep: / "Alas," she pitying says, "ere yet the hour, / Why hurry life away with swifter flight? / Why from thy eyes this flood of sorrow pour? / No longer mourn my fate! through death my days / Become eternal! to eternal light / These eyes, which seem'd in darkness closed, I raise!"
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Francesco Petrarca
- Date: 1343 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Elegy, Pastoral, Philosophical Poetry
- Length: 545 words
- Structure: 1 section, 10 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is characterized by personal expression of emotions, particularly love and sorrow, typical of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of nature, individual emotion, and the idealization of love align with Romantic literary characteristics.
- Elegy — The poem reflects mourning and loss, fitting the conventions of elegiac poetry.
- Pastoral — The setting in nature and the focus on rural imagery suggest pastoral elements.
Tags
Italian Literature · Renaissance Poetry · Sonnet Collection · Love Poems · Nature Imagery · Classical Influences · Lyrical Style · Emotional Intensity · Personal Reflections · Meditations on Love · Beauty and Ugliness · Human Condition
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