![]() ![]() The authors of the other poems in men’s voices are not identified. This pattern changes from Capitolo 15 to Capitolo 25. One capitolo is followed by a response by the other poet.Ĭapitolo 1 was composed by Marco Venier, the nephew of Domenico Venier, whose name appears at the head of the poem in one of the original copies of the book but is replaced with incerto autore (unknown author) in other copies. ![]() The first contains fourteen poems arranged in pairs, written by men as well as by Franco. The collection of poems can be divided into two parts. The length of the capitol is variable: the shortest is 39 lines long, the longest 565. This meter and rhyme scheme consists of eleven-syllable lines arranged in interlocking tercets (aba, bcb, cdc). Veronica Franco’s poems consist of 25 capitoli in terza rima, a poetic form used by Dante in The Divine Comedy. ![]()
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