Signor Mio Caro, Ogni Pensier MI Tira
The poem expresses the speaker's longing for a distant beloved, describing how every thought draws them to this person. The speaker's heart is filled with sorrow and desire, and they are unable to escape the memories of their loved one. The poem explores the pain of separation and the intense yearning for reunion.
By Francesco Petrarca · First published 1344 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Sonnet · 198 words
First lines
HE LAMENTS HIS ABSENCE FROM LAURA AND COLONNA, THE ONLY OBJECTS OF HIS AFFECTION.
My lord and friend! thoughts, wishes, all inclined My heart to visit one so dear to me, But Fortune -- can she ever worse decree? -- Held me in hand, misled, or kept behind.
Since then the dear desire Love taught my mind But leads me to a death I did not see, And while my twin lights, wheresoe'er I be, Are still denied, by day and night I've pined.
Affection for my lord, my lady's love, The bonds have been wherewith in torments long I have been bound, which round myself I wove.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Francesco Petrarca
- Date: 1344 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Sonnet, Elegy, Philosophical Poetry
- Length: 198 words
- Structure: 1 section, 6 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is characterized by personal emotions and reflections, typical of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of love, longing, and personal experience align with the Romantic genre.
- Sonnet — The structure and style suggest it may be part of a sonnet sequence, common in Petrarchan works.
- Elegy — The lamentation over absence and longing indicates elements of elegiac poetry.
Tags
Italian Literature · Renaissance Poetry · Love Poems · Sonnet · 14th Century · Classical Influence · Romanticism · Courtly Love · Lyrical Poetry · Elegy · Meditation · Introspection
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