Grappa in September (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cesare Pavese
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric sequence
The Poem
Cesare Pavese’s “Grappa in September” is a four-stanza, free-verse narrative poem about the state of nature just before harvest. First published before World War II, the poem describes autumn mornings in the northern Italian countryside in the early part of the twentieth century. The land has reached the height of its season, and the women flourish as much as the land; even the clouds in the sky give the impression of being at the peak of perfection. The men, however, are not a part of this autumnal readiness. They watch their land and their women from a...
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