Poetry Explorer

Search Classic and Contemporary Poetry

Search Results

Back to search

Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Searching...
Subject: BEATRICE PORTINARI (1266-1290)
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BEATRICE, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In a hard, burned land of ash, stripped of leaves
Last Line: And pitched them, now and then, a lewd caress.
Subject(s): Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290); Hell


IN A LIBRARY, by EMILY DICKINSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A precious, mouldering pleasure 'tis
Last Line: And tantalize, just so.
Subject(s): Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290); Books; Reading


LA VITA NUOVA: SONNET OF BEATRICE DE PORTINARI, ON ALL SAINTS' DAY, by DANTE ALIGHIERI    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Last all saints' holy-day, even now gone by
Last Line: Blessed are they who meet her on the earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dante; Alighieri, Dante
Subject(s): All Saints' Day; Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290); Allhallowmas; Allhallows


THE FESTIVAL OF BEATRICE, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Dante, sole standing on the heavenward height
Last Line: From shore to mountain and from alp to sea.
Subject(s): Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290); Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Heaven; Paradise