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The collection gathers lyrical sequences and sonnets in a confessional voice that probes modern female identity, desire, and social performance. One extended autobiographical sequence composed of many thirteen-line terzine reads like a novel without plot, tracing appetite, flirtation, indifference, and the exhilaration of urban fashion and nightlife; other poems, including more compact sonnets, record earlier romantic suffering and youthful passions. The speaker juxtaposes classical female archetypes with a contemporary Parisian model to explore ambivalence toward love, liberty, and reputation, using vivid sensory detail, psychological introspection, and recurring images of gaze, costume, jealousy, and theatricalized seduction.

sorelle...

Sorelle, io errava taciti sentieri,

scuri or nell'ombra ed or chiari nel sole,

quando fanciulle in bianche lunghe stole

m'accostaron coi lor passi leggieri.

Chi avea negli occhi trepidi pensieri,

chi labbra vaghe di leggiadre fole.

A me ciascuna bisbigliò parole

caute, svelando tenui misteri.

Pareva ognuna un fiore di giunchiglia,

uno stel di ligustro o di giaggiolo,

e s'atteggiaron tutte a meraviglia

poi ch'io: — Non so se buon destin vi manda —

risposi. — A ognuna il suo segreto involo:

ch'io ven sappia foggiar degna ghirlanda.