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From: Elena Ivanova <[log in to unmask]>
To: italian-studies <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: trying to recognize and find a poem [by Montale?]
Dear colleagues,
I am trying to find a poem for an advanced language class I am teaching
whose
author and even title I can't remember. This situation must seem very weird
to
you, but I just recalled reading this poem years ago and it would be the
perfect one to use in my class as an illustration of the relations between
people and animals.
This is the contents, approximately (please excuse me for the clumsy
summary):
The poet speaks to the beloved woman and says to her: Tu assomigli ad una
pollastra/gallinella, giacché [...] Sei come una gatta, [...] sei come una
cagna [...] [the conclusion:] Ma non assomigli a nessun'altra donna.
I am not exactly sure about all the animals the beloved one is supposed to
look or be like, but the first one was for sure a "pollastra" (or
"gallinella") and the final verse is more or less as I reported it. My
memory
tells me the author was Montale, but I am not sure. Do these verses ring a
bell for you? Do you recognize the poem?
Thank you very much for your help!
Elena Ivanova
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La poesia che cerca è di Umberto SABA, si trova nel suo "Canzoniere", nella
sezione "Casa e campagna", anche se originariamente chiudeva il volumetto di
"Poesie" del 1911. Il titolo è A MIA MOGLIE.
SALUTI Laura Luraschi
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