La vita nuova

• La vita nuova, which is Italian for “The New Life,” was written by Dante in approximately 1293.
• The work focused on his feelings for Beatrice, who Dante thought represented the ideal woman.
• La vita nuova describes Dante’s first sight of Beatrice when they were nine years old, his measures to conceal his love for her, various struggles among them with Dante overlooking her apparent flaws, Beatrice’s death, his mourning, and much more!
• The work consists of 42 chapters with 25 sonnets, one ballata (poetic style with AbbaA rhyme scheme with the first and last lines the same), and four canzone (songs) with a fifth canzone abruptly interrupted by Beatrice’s death.

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