Italian poems

Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri

first part of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy"

epic Italian poem by Ludovico Ariosto

epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso first published in 1581; tells a mythified account of the First Crusade in which Christian knights led by Godfrey of Bouillon battle to take Jerusalem

Purgatorio (; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso; it was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegorical telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil—except for the last four cantos, at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. Allegorically, Purgatorio represents the penitent Christian life. In describing the climb Dante discusses the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, as well as moral issues in politics and in the Church. The poem posits the

third and final part of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy"

thumb|right|upright 1.32|The second hand-written manuscript of ''L'infinito '"L'infinito"''' (; ) is a poem written by Giacomo Leopardi probably in the autumn of 1819. The poem is a product of Leopardi's yearning to travel beyond his restrictive home town of Recanati and experience more of the world which he had studied. It is widely known within Italy.

epic poem by Matteo Maria Boiardo

poem by Boccaccio

Triumphs (Italian: I Trionfi) is a 14th-century Italian series of poems, written by Petrarch in the Tuscan language. The poem evokes the Roman ceremony of triumph, where victorious generals and their armies were led in procession by the captives and spoils they had taken in war. This was a popular and influential poem series when it was published.

ode by Alessandro Manzoni

poem by Alessandro Tassoni

14th-century Franco-Venetian epic poem

classical poetical appellative for Italy

the earliest securely datable (circa 1198) text in an Venetian vernacular

poem written by Ugo Foscolo