ABSTRACT
Since the playwright incorporates d'Ancona's scholarship in crafting the character of Cecco Angiolieri, he implicitly agrees with the critic's underlying assumption of the veracity of Angiolieri's poetry. In the play, the character, Cecco, frequently speaks about himself by citing Angiolieri's verses, implying that the poet's lyrics convey truthful depictions of his own psychological state, moral temperament, and lived experiences. Much debate has ensued regarding the autobiographical accuracy of the sonnets, and the unusual nature of Cecco's lyrics is responsible for much of the confusion surrounding them. Judging from the opening verses of the sonnet, it appears that the poet composed this sonnet while residing elsewhere, and he spends the two quatrains envisioning his return to Siena. The poem divides itself between the quatrains and the tercets, and focuses on the poet in the second half, thereby changing its tone. Put succinctly, an apparent contradiction arises when addressing the possible auto-biographism in the sonnet.
