Bartolomeo Zorzi, "Atressi cum lo camel" (BdT 74.2)

Abstract

Atressi cum lo camel is one of seven love songs by Bartolomeo Zorzi, a poet who composes in the tradition of trobar prim. Zorzi weaves into the sentimental theme, embellished by some original features and references to the classic Occitan auctores, a close network of similes, metaphors and comparisons, together with numerous rhetorical figures and the use of rimas caras. He has recourse to images deriving from nature and from the Bible, or borrows characters from literature to express the state of mind of the lyric persona. Through the use of these rhetorical skills, the poet reveals a multifaceted personality that has enabled him to enhance his lyric production with all the knowledge acquired in the municipal milieux of the northern Italian cities.

Keywords

• Old Occitan
• Troubadour Lyric
• Bartolomeo Zorzi