Famous Selva Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Selva poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous selva poems. These examples illustrate what a famous selva poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Alighieri, Dante
...INA COMMEDIA di Dante Alighieri INFERNO
Inferno: Canto I
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
ch? la diritta via era smarrita.
Ahi quanto a dir qual era ? cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura!
Tant'? amara che poco ? pi? morte;
ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai,
dir? de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte.
Io non so ben ridir com'i' v'intrai,
tant'era pien di sonno a quel punt...Read more of this...
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Alighieri, Dante
...Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
ch? la diritta via era smarrita .
When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.
Ahi quanto a dir qual era ? cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura !
Ah, it is hard to speak of what it was,
that savage forest, d...Read more of this...
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Petrarch, Francesco
...ge15 name=image15>gutenberg.org/files/17650/17650-h/images/15large.jpg">" alt="SELVA PIANA, NEAR PARMA." src="Petrarch_files/15.jpg">SELVA PIANA, NEAR PARMA. ...Read more of this...
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Villani, Luisa
...he'll pause at dawn when he puts one on,
its softness like a haunting afterthought.
And if he works all day in the selva,
he'll divine his way home
in shirtsleeves aglow with torchlight....Read more of this...
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