| Front | Beppo |
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| Back | a venetian story poem Byron 1818 it satirizes both English and Italian life, telling of the return during a carnival of a long lost soldier, Beppo. disguised as a Turkish merchant he find that his wife has consoled herself with a cavalier servante. mock heroic in manner and pervaded by gentle irony Beppo: A Venetian Story is a lengthy poem by Lord Byron, written in Venice in 1817. Beppo marks Byron's first attempt at writing using the Italian ottava rima metre, which emphasized satiric digression. It is the precursor to Byron's most famous and generally considered best poem, Don Juan |
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