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EUGENIO MONTALE

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 570

MEDITERRANEAN

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MOTETS: 20

AT THE THRESHOLD

AGAIN AND AGAIN I HAVE SEEN LIFE'S EVIL

TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON

GLORY OF EXPANDED MOON

THE EARRINGS

JANUARY 20 OR AGE 30

EX ABRUPTO

ALL SOULS' DAY

ANCIENT ONE

ARSENIO

BAGNI DI LUCCA

DAY AND NIGHT

DORA MARKUS

HITLER SPRING

HOUSE BY THE SEA

IN THE GREENHOUSE

LA FARADOLA DEI FANCIULLI

LATE IN THE NIGHT

LITTLE TESTAMENT

MOTETS: 13

MOTETS: 1

PERSONAE SEPARATE

THE DEAD

THE EEL

THE LEMON TREES

MOTETS: 10

MOTETS: 12

MOTETS: 19

THE SHADOW OF THE MAGNOLIA

THE STORM

THE SUNFLOWER

THE WALL

UNDER THE RAIN

VENETIAN PROSE

... WELL LET IT BE. SOUNDS OF A CORNET

...SO BE IT. BLARE OF A CORNET

SQUALL / OF ANTIC FLEERING SWOOPS

ABOVE THE GRAFFITI-COVERED WALL

ABOVE THE SCRIBBLED WALL

AGAIN THE CANEBRAKE POKES ITS SPEARS

ANCIENT ONE, I'M DRUNK WITH THE VOICE

AND NOW THE RIPPLES OF ANXIETY

AND NOW THEY'RE GONE, THOSE ANXIOUS

AT DAWN, WHEN SUDDENLY

AT FIRST LIGHT, WHEN

AT THIS POINT

AT TIMES, CLIMBING DOWN

BRING ME THE SUNFLOWER, I'LL PLANT IT HERE

BRING ME THE SUNFLOWER, LET ME PLANT IT

CALM HAS RETURNED

DISSOLVE IF YOU WILL THIS FRAIL

DISTANT, I WAS WITH YOU WHEN YOUR FATHER

DON'T ASK ME FOR WORDS THAT MIGHT DEFINE

DON'T ASK US FOR THE WORD TO FRAME

DON'T ASK US THE WORD THAT WILL GIVE SHAPE

DON'T ESCAPE INTO THE SHADE

DON'T TAKE SHELTER IN THE SHADE

FAINT WIND-BORNE SISTRUM

FAREWELLS, WHISTLING IN THE DARK, WAVES, COUGHS

FEEBLE SISTRUM IN THE WIND

FORLORN ON THE HILL

FROST ON THE WINDOWPANES; THE SICK

GLORY OF EXPANDED NOON

HAPPINESS ACHIEVED, FOR YOU

HAPPINESS WON: FOR YOU WE WALK

HAUL YOUR PAPER BOATS

HAUL YOUR PAPER SHIPS ON THE SEARED

HOOPOE, HAPPY BIRD MALIGNED

HOOPOE, MERRY BIRD, SLANDERED

I FREE YOUR FOREHEAD OF THE ICE

I HAVE LINGERED AT TIMES

I HAVE OFTEN MET THE EVIL OF LIVING

I KNOW A RAY OF SUN (OF GOD?) CAN STILL

I KNOW THAT MOMENT WHEN A GRIMACE OF PAIN

I KNOW THE MOMENT WHEN A RAW GRIMACE

I KNOW THE TIME WHEN THE MOST IMPASSIVE FACE

I THINK AGAIN OF YOUR SMILE, A POOL OF LIMPID WATER

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO FEEL HARSH AND ESSENTIAL

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO FEEL ROUGH, ELEMENTAL

I'VE PAUSED AT TIMES IN THE CAVES

IF AT LEAST I COULD FORCE

IF ONLY I COULD FORCE

IF THEY'VE COMPARED YOU...

IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING

IS IT SALT OR HAIL RAGING IN THE STORM

IS IT SALT THAT STRAFES OR HAIL? IT SLAYS

MAGENTA-COLORED CLOUDS

MANY YEARS, AND ONE STILL HARDER

MAYBE ONE MORNING, WALKING IN AIR

MAYBE ONE MORNING, WALKING IN DRY, GLASSY AIR

MY LIFE, I ASK OF YOU NO STABLE

NOW AND THEN, SUDDENLY

NOW THE CALM RETURNS, THE AIR

O ANCIENT, I AM DRUNK ON THE VOICE

O SCIROCCO, RABID GALE

OFTEN I'VE ENCOUNTERED EVIL

RACKETING CATCALLS SPIRAL DOWN

REJOICE WHEN THE BREEZE THAT ENTERS THE ORCHARD

SCISSORS, DON'T CUT AWAY THAT FACE

SEACOASTS

SEE THE SIGN; IT FLARES

SHEARS, DON'T CUT AWAY THAT FACE

SHOOT STRETCHING FROM THE WALL

SIT THE NOON OUT, PALE AND LOST IN THOUGHT

SOMETIMES, COMING DOWN

SPLENDOR OF NOON OUTSPREAD

SQUANDER, IF YOU WANT

SUDDENLY, AT TIMES, THERE COMES

CANEBRAKE SENDS ITS LITTLE SHOOTS

CHILDREN'S FARANDOLE ALONG THE SHORE

CLATTER OF THE ROOFTILES, SHATTERED BY

FLOWER ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE

FLOWER THAT REPEATS

FROG, FIRST TO STRIKE HIS CHORD

FROG, FIRST TO TRY ITS CHORD AGAIN

GONDOLA THAT GLIDES

GREEN LIZARD, IF IT DARTS

HOPE OF EVEN SEEING YOU AGAIN

LINE OF DANCING CHILDREN ON THE SHORE

REED THAT SOFTLY

SPIRIT THAT DISPENSES

SPIRIT THAT SCATTERS ANCIENT

WELL'S PULLEY CREAKS

WHITE-AND-BLACK SINE

WINDLASS CREAKS IN THE WELL

THERE THE TRITONE SURGES

THERE TRITON SURGES

THINK BACK ON YOUR SMILE, AND FOR ME IT'S A CLEAR POOL

THIS CHRISTIAN WRANGLE THAT KNOWS ONLY

TO LAZE AT NOON, PALE AND THOUGHTFUL

TWIG THAT JUTS FROM THE WALL...

VALMORBIA, ACROSS YOUR GLENS CLOUD-BLOSSOMS

VALMORBIA, F5OWERING CLOUDS OF PLANTS

WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'LL TURN UP

WHAT I ASK, MY LIFE, IS NOT FIRM

WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING, JOYFUL

WHAT YOU KNEW OF ME

WHAT YOU KNEW OF ME

WHY ARE YOU WAITING? THE SQUIRREL IN THE PINE TREE

WHY WAIT? THE SQUIRREL BEATS HIS TORCH-TAIL

YOU KNOW: I'M GOING TO LOSE YOU AGAIN

YOU'VE NAMED A TREE FOR ME IT ISN'T NOTHING

YOUR HAND WAS TRYING THE KEYBOARD

YOUR HAND WAS TRYING THE KEYBOARD

EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL...'

METROPOLITAN CHRISTMAS

METROPOLITAN CHRISTMAS

POET

SWISS LAKE, SELS

TOWER, SELS

WINDOW AT FIESOLE, FR. FINISTERRE

AFTER A FLIGHT

AFTER A FLIGHT

ALL SOULS' DAY

ALMOST A FANTASIA

ALMOST A FANTASY, FR. MOVEMENTS

ANCIENT ONE

ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY

ANOTHER MOON EFFECT

ARGYLL TOUR

ARGYLL TOUR

ARGYLL TOUR, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

ARSENIO

ARSENIO

ARSENIO

ARSENIO

ARSENIO, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

AUTUMN QUARRIES

BACKWARD GLANCE

BAGNI DI LUCCA

BAGNI DI LUCCA

BAGNI DI LUCCA

BALLAD WRITTEN IN A CLINIC

BALLAD WRITTEN IN A HOSPITAL

BE GLAD IF THE WIND, FR. MOVEMENTS

BEACH AT VERSILIA

BEACH IN VERSILIA, FR. SILVAE

BIBE A PONTE ALL'ASSE

BIBE AT THE ASSE BRIDGE

BOATS ON THE MARNE

BOATS ON THE MARNE

BUFFALO

CAFE AT RAPALLO

CHANGING COLOR

CHILDREN DANCING

CHORDS: 1. VIOLINS

CHORDS: 5. OBOE

CHRYSALIS

CHRYSALIS

COR ANGLAIS, FR. MOVEMENTS

CORRESPONDENCES

CORRESPONDENCES

CORRESPONDENCES

COSTA SAN GIORGIO

COSTA SAN GIORGIO

DAY AND NIGHT

DAY AND NIGHT

DAY AND NIGHT

DAY AND NIGHT

DAY AND NIGHT

DAY AND NIGHT, FR. FINISTERRE

DELTA

DELTA

DELTA, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

DON'T ASK FOR WORDS

DORA MARKUS

DORA MARKUS

DORA MARKUS

DORA MARKUS

DORA MARKUS

EARLY OR LATE

EASTBOURNE

EASTBOURNE

ECLOGUE

ECLOGUE

ECLOGUE, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

EL DESDICHADO

ENCOUNTER

ENCOUNTER

END OF CHILDHOOD

END OF CHILDHOOD

ENGLISH HORN

ENGLISH HORN

EPIGRAM

EX ABRUPTO

EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL

FALSETTO

FALSETTO

FALSETTO

FALSETTO, FR. MOVEMENTS

FANFARE

FIESOLE WINDOW

FIESOLE WINDOW

FINISTERRE: LA BUFERA E ALTRO: FINESTRA FIESLOANA

FLORENTINE MADRIGALS

FLORENTINE MADRIGALS

FLUX

FLUX

FOR AN 'HOMAGE TO RIMBAUD'

FOR AN 'HOMAGE TO RIMBAUD'

FOR AN ALBUM

FOR AN ALBUM

FREEING A 'DOVE'

FROM A SWISS LAKE

FROM A TOWER

FROM THE TRAIN

FROM THE TRAIN, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

GERTI'S CARNIVAL

GOTTERDAMMERUNG

HEROISM

HIDING PLACES

HITLER SPRING

HITLER SPRING

HITLERIAN SPRING

HITLERIAN SPRING, FR. SILVAE

HOMAGE TO RIMBAUD, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

HOUSE BY THE SEA

HOUSE BY THE SEA

HOUSE BY THE SEA

HOUSE ON THE SEA, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

I KNOW TIMES

I'VE OFTEN MET

IMITATION OF THUNDER

IN SLEEP

IN SLEEP

IN SLEEP, FR. FINISTERRE

IN SMOKE

IN THE GREENHOUSE

IN THE GREENHOUSE

IN THE GREENHOUSE

IN THE PARK

IN THE PARK

IN THE PARK

IN THE PARK AT CASERTA

IN THE PARK, FR. SILVAE

IN THE RAIN

IN THE SMOKE

IN THE STYLE OF FILIPPO DE PISIS, ON SENDING HIM THIS BOOK

INCANTATION

INDIAN SERENADE

INDIAN SERENADE

INDIAN SERENADE, FR. FINISTERRE

IRIS

IRIS

IT'S ONLY AN ERROR

KEEPSAKE

L'ELAN VITAL

LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

LA FARADOLA DEI FANCIULLI

LAC D'ANNECY

LATE AT NIGHT

LATE AT NIGHT

LATE IN THE NIGHT

LEAVING A DOVE

LEAVING A DOVE, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

LIKE A FANTASIA

LINDAU

LINDAU

LITTLE TESTAMENT

LITTLE TESTAMENT

LITTLE TESTAMENT

LITTLE TESTAMENT

LITTLE TESTAMENT

LOCAL TRAIN

LOW TIDE

LOW TIDE

MAGENTA COLOURED CLOUDS, FR. SILVAE

MAGENTA-COLORED CLOUDS

MEDITERRANEAN

MEDITERRANEAN

MEDITERRANEAN: ANCIENT SEA

MEDITERRANEAN: ANGULARITY

MEDITERRANEAN: MEDITERRANEAN

MEDITERRANEAN: THEN OBLITERATE

MEDITERRANEAN: VORTEX

MEN WHO TURN BACK

MESCO POINT

METROPOLITAN CHRISTMAS, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

MINSTRELS

MINSTRELS

MOIRE

MOIRE

MOTETS: 1

MOTETS: 1 .

MOTETS: 10

MOTETS: 10

MOTETS: 11

MOTETS: 12

MOTETS: 13

MOTETS: 13

MOTETS: 14

MOTETS: 14

MOTETS: 15

MOTETS: 16

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MOTETS: 2

MOTETS: 20

MOTETS: 3

MOTETS: 4

MOTETS: 5

MOTETS: 6

MOTETS: 6

MOTETS: 7

MOTETS: 7

MOTETS: 8

MOTETS: 9

MOTETTI: 1

MOTETTI: 2

MOTETTI: 3

MOTETTI: 4

MOTETTI: 5

MOTETTI: 6

MOTETTI: 7

MOTETTI: 8

MOTETTI: 9

NEAR CAPUA

NEAR FINISTERE

NEAR SIENA

NEAR VIENNA

NEW STANZAS

NEW STANZAS

NEW STANZAS

NEWS FROM MOUNT AMIATA

NEWS FROM MOUNT AMIATA

NEWS FROM MOUNT AMIATA

NEWS FROM MOUNT AMIATA

NOON, FR. CUTTLEFISH BONES

NORTH WIND

NORTH WIND

NOTHING SERIOUS

OLD LINES

ON A LETTER NEVER WRITTEN

ON A LETTER UNWRITTEN, FR. FINISTERRE

ON A LOST CAT

ON AN UNWRITTEN LETTER

ON AN UNWRITTEN LETTER

ON THE GREVE

ON THE GREVE

ON THE HIGHEST COLUMN

ON THE HIGHEST COLUMN

ON THE LLOBREGAT

ON THE LLOBREGAT

ON THE LLOBREGAT, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

ON THE THRESHOLD

PALIO

PERSONAE SEPARATAE

PERSONAE SEPARATAE

PERSONAE SEPARATAE, FR. FINISTERRE

PERSONAE SEPARATE

PICO FARNESE ELEGY

PIROPO, IN CONCLUSION

POEMS FOR CAMILLO SBARBARO: 1. CAFE AT RAPALLO

POEMS FOR CAMILLO SBARBARO: 1. CAFE AT RAPALLO

POEMS FOR CAMILLO SBARBARO: 2. EPIGRAM

POEMS FOR CAMILLO SBARBARO: 2. EPIGRAM

POOL

POOL

PRECAUTIONS

PROMENADE

PUNTA DEL MESCO

READING CAVAFY

SARCOPHAGI

SARCOPHAGI: BUT WHERE IS THE LOVER'S TOMB

SARCOPHAGI: THE FIRE CRACKLING

SARCOPHAGI: WALK MORE WARILY NOW

SARCOPHAGI: WHERE GIRLS WITH WAVY HAIR PASS BY

SEA FRONT, FR. FINISTERRE

SEACOASTS

SEASCAPE

SEASIDE

SHORE OF VERSILIA

SIROCCO, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

SLOPE

SLOPE

SOLILOQUY

SOME MORNING PERHAPS

SORAPIS, 40 YEARS AGO

SPELLBOUND

STANZAS

STANZAS

SUMMER

SUMMER

SYRIA

SYRIA

SYRIA, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

AGAVE ON THE REEF

ARK

ARK

ARK, FR. FINISTERRE

ARNO AT ROVEZZANO

BALCONY

BANGS...

BLACK ANGEL

BLACK TROUT

BLACK TROUT

BLACK TROUT, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

BLACKCOCK

CAPERCAILLIE

CHESS PLAYER

CHIMING PENDULUM CLOCK

COASTGUARD HOUSE

COASTGUARD HOUSE

COASTGUARD'S HOUSE

DEAD

DEAD

DEAD, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

DIVER

EARRINGS

EARRINGS

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

EEL

END OF '68

FAN

FAN

FAN

GARDEN

HITLER SPRING

HITLER SPRING

HOUSE OF THE CUSTOMS MEN

HOUSE OF THE CUSTOMS MEN

IMPONDERABLE

LEMON TREES

LEMON TREES

LEMON-YELLOW ROOSTER

LEMONS

LORD OF THE REVELS

MAGNOLIA'S SHADOW

MAGNOLIA'S SHADOW

MAGNOLIA'S SHADOW

MOTETS: 10

MOTETS: 12

MOTETS: 13

MOTETS: 19

ORCHARD

PARADES OF 1949

PRISONER'S DREAM

PRISONER'S DREAM

PRISONER'S DREAM, FR. SILVAE

PROCESSIONS OF 1949

RED LILY

RED LILY

RETURN

RETURN

SHADE OF THE MAGNOLIA

SHADOW OF THE MAGNOLIA

SHADOW OF THE MAGNOLIA

SHADOW OF THE MAGNOLIA

STORM

STORM

STORM

STORM, FR. FINISTERRE

STRANDS OF HAIR...

SUNFLOWER

SUNFLOWER, FR. CUTTLEFISH BONES

TRAIN, SELS

WALL

WELL, FR. CUTTLEFISH BONES

THRUST AND REPLY

TIME AND TIMES

TIMES AT BELLOSGUARDO

TIMES AT BELLOSGUARDO

TO LIUBA, LEAVING

TO MY MOTHER

TO MY MOTHER

TO PASS THE NOON, INTENT AND PALE

TOWARDS FINISTERE, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

TOWARDS FINISTERRE

TOWARDS SIENA

TOWARDS SIENA, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

TRAMONTANA, FR. NOONS AND SHADOWS

TWO IN TWILIGHT

TWO IN TWILIGHT

UNDER THE RAIN

UNDER THE RAIN

UNTITLED

UNTITLED

VENETIAN PROSE

VISIT TO FADIN

VOICE ARRIVING WITH THE COOTS

VOICE THAT CAME WITH THE COOTS

WHERE THE TENNIS COURT WAS...

WIND AND BANNERS

WIND AND FLAGS

WIND AND FLAGS, FR. MOVEMENTS

WIND IN THE CRESCENT

WIND ON THE CRESCENT

WIND ON THE CRESCENT

WIND ON THE HALFMOON

WINTER LIGHT

WINTER LIGHT

WINTER LIGHT, FR. SNAPSHOTS AND DEDICATIONS

XENIA 1

XENIA 2

XENIA: 1

XENIA: 2

XENIA; 1964-1966 - IN MEMORY OF THE POET'S WIFE

YOU KNOW IT

YOUR FLIGHT

YOUR FLIGHT

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