An early collection of fifty-some love poems incorporating astronomical observations as metaphors and based in part on Provencal poetic forms is simply known as his Rime.
James Joyce used the formal structure of one of this author's works in his story "Grace." An early collection of fifty-some love poems incorporating astronomical observations as metaphors and based in part on Provencal poetic forms is simply known as his Rime. He used the prosimetrum form, or the alternation of lines of poetry and prose, in a work where the poetic lines represent courses in the titular meal, while prose is metaphorical bread. That work, Convivio, was written in his modern tongue, not Latin, a usage he argued for in his essay "De Vulgari Eloquentia." He wrote about his friend Guido Cavalcani in a book of poetry which described his first meeting with his lifelong love at the age of nine, La Vita Nuova. FTP, name this Italian who wrote about being lost in a dark wood at the beginning of his three-part poem about hell and heaven, The Divine Comedy.
James Joyce used the formal structure of one of this author's works in his story "Grace."
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