← Giovanni PascoliMyricaeby Giovanni PascoliRural poems celebrating countryside scenes and peasant lifeFind on Amazon↗About the authorGiovanni PascoliItalian poet whose Myricae is one of the most important collections in Italian literature, finding a symbolist intensity in rural subjects. He succeeded Carducci as Italy's leading poet.More by Giovanni PascoliCanti di CastelvecchioNostalgic verses of rural childhood and lost innocence→PoemettiNarrative poems exploring mythological and romantic themes→Poemi ConvivialiConvivial poems drawing on classical and mythological subjects→