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Lirica

Chapter 49: COCOTTE.
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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.

COCOTTE.

Col viso inciprïato, ove la bocca

Tinta di rosso sembra una ferita,

Un nuvolo di ricci sulla fronte,

Mi passa accanto sorridente e ardita.

Passa con un fruscìo di raso e seta,

Un tintinnìo di vezzi e di monili;

E l'aria dietro a lei mi soffia in viso

Carica di profumi acri e sottili.

Passa; e nel cuore agli uomini solleva

Col suo lento sorriso acute brame.

Le sorgono d'intorno i desideri

Come incantati fior. — Morrò di fame.