William Arrowsmith translated a poem from this language addressed to the Hoopoe, for whom "time stops still and February never dies."
William Arrowsmith translated a poem from this language addressed to the Hoopoe, for whom "time stops still and February never dies." A poem in this language describes an "infernal angel pass in flight," engulfed in an "eerie emptiness" and "festooned with swastikas;" that poem is about "the wounded spring" of Hitler. Another poem in this language is about a creature who "seeks / life there only / where drought and desolation gnaw;" that poem is about a "siren / of the coldest seas" and ends by asking "can you not see / that she is your sister?" An author from this country included "The Eel" in his collection The Storm and Other Things. That poet from here wrote the collection Cuttlefish Bones. Another author from this country described a gate bearing the inscription "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Abandon Here" in a poem in which he visits Hell. For 10 points, name this home country of Eugenio Montale and Dante Alighieri.
William Arrowsmith translated a poem from this language addressed to the Hoopoe, for whom "time stops still and February never dies."
Republic of Italy