Abstract
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence, 1475 - Rome, 1564) was the author of a vast poetic work, written in the course of almost all his life, alongside with his other artistic activities. Better known, in the past, mainly for its expressive and documental qualities, Michelangelo's poetry has been subjected, in recent times, to a wide critical review, whose purpose is to reevaluate it in its p…