LE NOZZE DI D’ANNUNZIO. PER UNA LETTURA DELL’ALCAICA PER NOZZE IN PRIMO VERE
THE WEDDING OF D’ANNUNZIO. TO READ PER NOZZE IN PRIMO VERE

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: the author of this article examines the genesis of D’Annunzio’s Primo vere; published when D’Annunzio was 16 while he attended the famous Cicognini college in Prato. the first edition appeared in 1879 (the second; in the following year) and it was considered a great work; in fact; it was reviewed by Giuseppe Chiarini; one of the most popular writers of his time. Next; the author provides an analysis of Per nozze; one of the Alcaic lyrical poems in D’Annunzio’s book. this ode belongs to an established literary genre (for instance; poems by Catullus; Claudian; theocritus; and Sappho are of this genre); and it is an important one because it allows us to foresee the later and greater D’Annunzio. At the end of the article; the author investigates why D’Annunzio used the Alcaic metre in this ode. It is not only a tribute to Horace (one of D’Annunzio’s favourite poets; in the appendix of Primo vere are some of Horace’s lyrics translated by D’Annunzio); who used this metre in 37 of his poems; there is another reason. In fact; we can establish a parallel between the metre and the ode: the Alcaic one has ascending and descending rhythms like D’Annunzio’s Per nozze; and it is full of happiness (a marriage takes place); but also of sadness; as he wants to underline the brevity of life and its vanity.

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