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Lirica

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A collection of lyrical poems voiced by a young speaker who explores love, desire, identity, and destiny through intimate confessions, prophetic scenes, and religious meditation. Varied moods alternate between passionate eroticism, ironic cosmopolitan self-definition, and moral or spiritual yearning; poems address betrayal, longing, the feminine sensibility, cultural displacement, and imaginative escape. Imagery ranges from quotidian domestic details to visionary religious tableaux, while the voice shifts between defiant proclamations, tender supplication, and ironic critique of convention. The poems blend musical lines and vivid color to present a candid, emotionally intense survey of inner life and poetic ambition.

CHI SA!...

La lunga notte mi negò ristoro,

Alfin l'alba è risorta.

Nell'orïente il ciel si tinge d'oro,

Ed ogni stella è morta.

Chi sa se è vero ch'avvi un Dio lassù!

Un Dio ch'ama e conforta!

— Io penso a voi che non m'amate più,

Ed a mia mamma morta.