"He beseeches Death for the Life of Beatrice."

Dante Alighieri

General Description

Date: 1330 (circa)
Rhyme: ABAABAACCDACCDD
Meter: hendecasyllabics and septenarii
Genre: canzone

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

DGR followed his source text, Fraticelli, (I. 13-16) not only in the form of his translation but in believing the poem was by Dante. It is in fact by Jacopo Cecchi. See DGR's translation for further commentary.

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