Venice when it goes into winter
The wind brings icy rains to the lagoon
oxidizes laughing copper scales and waters
bitter
poetry bites the snake
venice chills its lovers
(warmer is the grip / on the fondamenta
de le tette)
a gypsy woman sings hoarsely
on the steps of santa maria della salute
About this poem
An elegy dedicated to Venice, the city in the lagoon.
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Written on November 29, 2016
Submitted by simonanicoletatigau on December 18, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 263 |
Words | 50 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 2 |
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