La secchia rapita

La secchia rapita
by Alessandro Tassoni
Cover of the second edition of La Secchia rapita by Tassoni, published at Ronciglione in 1624
TranslatorJohn Ozell
James Atkinson
Written1614–1617
First published in1622, with revisions in 1624 and 1630
CountryDuchy of Modena
LanguageItalian
Subject(s)War of the Bucket
Genre(s)mock-heroic epic poem
Formepic poem of 12 cantos
Meterottava rima[1]
Rhyme schemeabababcc
Publication date1622, 1624, 1630
Published in English1714, 1825
Media typeprint: hardback

La Secchia Rapita (The sad kidnapped bucket) is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni, first published in 1622. Later successful mock-heroic works in French and English were written on the same plan.

  1. ^ Alessandro Tassoni entry (in Italian) by Luigi Fassò in the Enciclopedia Treccani, 1937