Giusue Carducci was an Italian poet born in Valdicastello and also worked as a teacher, and critic. Today, he is regarded as the official poet of modern Italy and was the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
‘Virgil’ by Giusue Carducci uses nature imagery to evoke historical and mythical themes and events.
As when above the heated fields the moon
Hovers to spread its veil of summer frost,
The brook between its narrow banks half lost
Glitters in pale light, murmuring its low tune;
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