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The Song of the Spatula

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Poem details

The Song of the Spatula

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The Song of the Spatula

Poet(s)

Boito, Arrigo

Credits

Translator

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 151:917, 368–369, March 1892.

First line

The spatula

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

Original language

Italian

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Notes and attribution research

Poem appears in Helen Zimmern’s article Italian Poets of To-day (350-69). (KF)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 8364

XML

Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “The Song of the Spatula,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.11beta , University of Victoria, 7th May 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1892/pom_8364_the_song_of_the_spatula.html.

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