Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy (Italian Poetry in Translation Book 2)

canzône [First Songs], 1924 and La Madonna

Addulurata [Our Lady of Sorrows], 1925, in

keeping with the best Arcadian-melodic and

ethical-religious tradition. It is after the

Second World War, with Sclocchitte [Poppy

Flowers], 1948, that he forges his own path,

which leads him to a progressive refinement

of themes and style, following a course that

we would define as all ascending: from

Acqua de magge [May Rain], 1952 to Tiempe

de sole e fiure [Time of Sun and Flowers],

1955, Canzune ad allegrie... [Happy Song],

1960, Serenatelle abruzzesi [Abruzzi

Serenades, 1965.]

An ascending path, as we said, not traced

on the surface but dug deeply, until he

attains a very personal style, which takes up

and continues the highest and most cultured

model of literary Abruzzi dialect. Without