Provisional Conclusions (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugenio Montale
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Freedom, Memory, Prisons, Love or romance, Betrayal, Dreams, Death or dying, Light, Night
The Poem
“Provisional Conclusions” actually comprises two poems: “Piccolo testamento” (“Little Testament”) consists of six sentences forming thirty undivided lines of free verse, while “Il sogno del prigioniero” (“The Prisoner’s Dream”) has thirty-four free-verse lines divided into four stanzas of various lengths. Each title plays upon alternate meanings of “conclusion”: “Little Testament” alludes to death, the final end, and “The Prisoner’s Dream” carries the political connotation of termination or liquidation. Both are written in the first...
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