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Concetti Chiave

  • The poem "Italia! Oh Italia!" by Lord Byron consists of two stanzas with a rhyme scheme of ABABBCBCC DDDDDEDEE.
  • It features many archaisms and run-on-lines, with a strong use of personification for Italy.
  • The poem opens with exclamations and oxymorons like "fatal gift" and "destructive charms" to depict Italy's beauty and woes.
  • Byron portrays Italy as a nation burdened by its beauty, which has attracted invasions and brought sorrow.
  • Written during Byron's stay in Italy, it reflects his political disillusionment and admiration for the country.

Italia! Oh Italia! Thou who hast

The fatal gift of beauty, which became

A funeral dower of present woes and past,

On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame

And annals graved in characters of flame.

Oh God! That thou wert in thy nakedness

Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim

Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press

To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress.

Then might’st thou more appal, or less desired,

Be homely and be peaceful, undeplored

For thy destructive charms; then still untired,

Would not be seen the armed torrents poured

Down the deep Alps; nor would the hostile horde

Of many-nationed spoilers from the Po

Quaff blood and water; nor the stranger’s sword

Be thy sad weapon of defence, and so,

Victor or vanquished, thou the slave of friend or foe.

Indice

  1. Analisi della poesia di Byron
  2. Esclamazioni e ossimori

Analisi della poesia di Byron

This poem by Lord Byron is made up of two stanzas, each stanza consists of 9 lines that have regular length and begin with a capital letter. There is a regular punctuation. The rhyme scheme is: ABABBCBCC DDDDDEDEE.
In the first part there are a lot of archaisms. In this poem there are many run-on-lines and a lot of archaisms. There is a personification of Italia in lines 1-10. The poem starts with an exclamation and after there are two oxymoron. The adjective “fatal” (line 2) is connected to adjective “funeral”(line 3).

Esclamazioni e ossimori

The poem starts with two exclamations “Italia! Oh Italia!, the poet addresses Italy remembering her past beauty, cause of the invasion of many people, in fact the poet uses the oxymoron to indicate this contrasted beauty : “fatal gift” and “destructive charms”. This is a poem about Italy, because Byron left England for political reasons and go to Italy.

Domande da interrogazione

  1. Qual è il tema centrale della poesia di Byron?
  2. Il tema centrale della poesia è la bellezza fatale dell'Italia, che ha portato a invasioni e sofferenze. Byron usa ossimori come "fatal gift" e "destructive charms" per descrivere questa bellezza contrastante.

  3. Come è strutturata la poesia di Byron?
  4. La poesia è composta da due strofe di 9 versi ciascuna, con una lunghezza regolare e iniziano con una lettera maiuscola. Lo schema delle rime è ABABBCBCC DDDDDEDEE e ci sono molti arcaismi e enjambement.

  5. Quali figure retoriche utilizza Byron nella poesia?
  6. Byron utilizza la personificazione dell'Italia nei versi 1-10, ossimori come "fatal gift" e "destructive charms", e inizia la poesia con esclamazioni per enfatizzare il suo messaggio.

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