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>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 Dear Elena, Saba, Umberto. "A mia moglie." Best, Ellen Nerenberg %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%