Quest' é la giovinetta ch'amor guida

Dino Frescobaldi

General Description

Date: 1300?
Rhyme: abbaabbacdecde
Meter: hendecasyllabics
Genre: sonnet

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

The sonnet is customarily placed at the head of any collection of Dino Frescobaldi's poems and the sonnet is regarded not only as one of his best, but as one of his most characteristic.

See DGR's DGR's translation for further commentary.

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