Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK, by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Poet's Biography First Line: By a clear well, within a little field Last Line: "a girl would be a fool to run away." Subject(s): Love; Sonnet (as Literary Form) | ||||||||
BY a clear well, within a little field Full of green grass and flowers of every hue, Sat three young girls, relating (as I knew) Their loves. And each had twined a bough to shield Her lovely face; and the green leaves did yield The golden hair their shadow; while the two Sweet colors mingled, both blown lightly through With a soft wind for ever stirred and still'd. After a little while one of them said, (I heard her,) "Think! If, ere the next hour struck, Each of our lovers should come here to-day, Think you that we should fly or feel afraid?" To whom the others answered, "From such luck A girl would be a fool to run away." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE SONNET by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH CYMON AND IPHIGENIA by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO SIGISMONDA AND GUISCARDO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO SONNET: INSCRIPTION FOR A PORTRAIT OF DANTE by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO |
|