Jutta has found the complete tenzone of Dante and Forese Donati - a poetic sparring in which each poet uses poetry to take a bite out of the other (see the etymology of sarcasm):
First exchange: Who heard her cough—that poor, ill-fated wife...
Second exchange: Partridges’ breasts and Solomon himself...
Third exchange: O Bicci junior, son of no one knows...
Reading classical works aloud in Sarasota, and talking about them.
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