
audiobook
L'ALLEGORIA DELL'AUTUNNO
L'ALLEGORIA DELL'AUTUNNO FRAMMENTO D'UN POEMA OBLIATO
GLOSA
The opening unfurls as a vivid hymn to Autumn, imagined as a regal deity commanding a glittering parade of one‑hundred youthful archers. Their gleaming helmets, golden bows, and jeweled feet blaze against a sky that burns like a river of gold, while the god‑like Autumn watches, torn between the joy of the spectacle and a hidden sorrow. This lyrical tableau is offered as a tribute to Venice, its canals and marble façades reflected in the poet’s fevered imagination.
In a complementary prose afterword, the narrator wanders along the Schiavoni promenade, feeling the city breathe the same restless energy that fuels the seasonal rite. He describes Venice as an ever‑renewing masterpiece, caught between the stillness of summer’s heat and the vivid pulse of autumn’s arrival. Listeners are invited to share the poet’s awe for a place where myth and reality mingle, setting the tone for a richly textured meditation on beauty, time, and longing.
Language
it
Duration
~35 minutes (33K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2016-06-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1863–1938
A dazzling and controversial voice of Italian Decadence, this poet and novelist wrote with lush intensity and turned his own life into a kind of performance. His work moves between beauty, desire, patriotism, and spectacle, making him one of the most unforgettable figures in modern Italian literature.
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