Poetry Giovanni della Casa

giovanni della casa wenceslas hollar

casa chiefly remarkable leader of reaction in lyric poetry against universal imitation of petrarch, , originator of style, which, if less soft , elegant, more nervous , majestic replaced. della casa began literary career poet, writing licentious verse in style of berni. believed openly licentious poem, capitoli del forno, estrangement medici regime in florence, , fact french court seemed desire elevation, prevented him being selected cardinal.

toward end of life, followed model of petrarch, composing of intense lyrics of sixteenth century. in rime, chose love main theme, along sadness, disillusionment, , regret. gravity , solemn style wrote 2 sonnets of particular beauty, in looks @ vanity of life , disappearing nothingness after death. after death of poet in 1558, rime have great success in literary circles of time. use of enjambement, technique eleven syllable line continues through next line, gave verse new musicality , power.

two sonnets of particular intensity o dolce selva solitaria, amica , questa vita mortal, che ‘n o ‘n due. “all of della casa’s poems express fundamental anxiety , inquietude love or ambition, coupled long release, peace, , death. combination of troubled content , sublime style made della casa’s fewer eighty lyrics best of sixteenth century.” (wayne rebhorn).

in retirement, wrote carminum liber, collection of various odes , epistles in style of horace makes artful use of classical models, including horace, catullus, virgil, euripides, , propertius.