The Grasshopper

The Ant and the Grasshopper

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Considering the renaissance period when the poem was written, these allusions to Roman and Greek figures is not surprising as it is one of the elements of poetry of that era. Therefore, we have allusions to figures:" Ceres and Bacchus bid good night"; "vestal flames", "This Etna in epitome".

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