In
this brief, simple poem titled “In Un Momento” (“Journey We Called Love”, in
English), Dino Campana attempts to describe the nature of love through
comparison to a rose. He writes, “In un momento / sono sfiorite le rose / I petali
caduti” (150) translated as “In a moment / Roses are faded / The petals fallen”
(151). Throughout the poem, he creates parallelism between love and a rose. In
these first few lines, he portrays the brevity of love as a dying flower. The
rose begins as a beautiful blossom with deep crimson petals, which, in a matter
of days, fade to an unappealing brown hue and successively drop from the plant.
Similarly, in some cases, love begins as an overwhelmingly thrilling experience
that, over time, diminishes to almost nothing.
Campana
continues the metaphor in lines 9 through 12: “With our blood and tears we made
roses / That sparkled a moment in the morning sun / Under the sun in the
thornbush / We made the roses fade” (151). He restates that their love, symbolized
by the search for a beautiful rose, eventually diminished like the wilted
flower.
What other significance do you think the rose could have in representing love? Roses, like all flowers, are delicate and without proper care cannot live. Love is similar in that it takes time and care to develop but most importantly to continue living. Roses are also one of the most famous and recognized flowers in the world. This parallel to love indicates that love is all over the world and easily recognized when two people have it.
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