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Lirica

Chapter 22: INCONTRO.
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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.

INCONTRO.

Io l'ho incontrato e mi son fatta smorta

— Oh! come mi son fatta smorta in viso! —

L'ho salutato allegra, ed ho sorriso,

E gridava il mio core: Oh, fossi morta!

Rivederlo così, freddo e insolente

Passarmi accanto e salutarmi a pena!

Ed io dover mostrar fronte serena,

Dover mostrar che non m'importa niente!

M'ha invaso l'alma e scolorato il viso

Un'onda d'amarezza e di dolore;

Ma calma e altera, con la morte in core,

L'ho guardato negli occhi ed ho sorriso!