Of Virgin Muses and of Love: A Study of Foscolo's Dei Sepolcri

accented adjective Aeneid Ajax Alfieri already amore apocope apropos caesura canto carme Cassandra Chioma cielo cited clearly context contrast cose Cosí Dante death Dei sepolcri diaeresis dolce earlier edition eighth syllable Electra end of line enjambement epistola Eterno example fama final lines Florence Foscolo's poem Foscolo's text fourth syllable Fubini gerund Greek heightened hemistich hendecasyllable Homer hyperbaton Iliad important Italian l'armonia Latin letter linguistic literary lungo memory mente metre metrical stress Milan Monti morte Muse nature notte noun Numi ombre opening lines Ortis Parini episode particular passage patria perhaps periphrasis Petrarch pianto Pindar Pindemonte piú poem's poesia poet poet's poetic poetry polysyndeton position of emphasis present proparoxytone reference reminiscence sacro seen sempre sense sensi sepolcri sixth syllable sonnet spirto syllable of line tempi tenth syllable tercet terra tombs translation tutte tutto Ugo Foscolo umane underlined unity verb vergini virtú vita Vittorio Alfieri