Giacomino Pugliesi. “Canzone. Of his Dead Lady.” - Collection Introduction

DGR's source text, from the Poeti del Primo Secolo collection, is highly imperfect, but DGR follows its rhyme scheme exactly nonetheless—in accordance with his general translation procedures. The close adherence to the source produces odd variances in the prosodic form of the first, second, and fourth stanzas, which should be following the metrical structure proper (as exemplified for instance in stanza 2).

Although DGR's notes say that this is “the only instance, among Dante's predecessors, of a poem. . .written on a lady's death”, Pier della Vigna's planctus“Amando con fin core” is another (though less distinguished) example.