The Rime (rhymes) is a collection of Dante’s lyrical poems (except for the Vita Nuova and the Convivio) written in Italian language and collected together not by Dante but by later scholars. There are 54 poems which have been definitely written by Dante and other 26 poems whose author is not sure.

There are sonnets, canzones and ballads. The themes and the style are mainly stilnovistic, but have also different cultural influences.

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Il Fiore (the flower) is a small poem made by 232 sonnets, in Italian language, based on Roman de la Rose, an allegorical French novel of the XIII century. It’s likely that this poem has been written by Dante, even if we’re not definitely sure about it. The style is comic and the poem is about the protagonist’s love for Fiore (a woman); this love will end happily.

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The Detto d’Amore is based on Roman de la Rose, like Il Fiore. Also in this case we’re not absolutely sure that the author is Dante. Only a part of it hasn’t gotten lost, and precisely 480 lines, each one seven-syllables long.

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