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Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto
(; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an
Italian
poet
. He is best known as the author of the
romance
epic
Orlando Furioso
(1516). The poem, a continuation of
Matteo Maria Boiardo
's
Orlando Innamorato
, describes the adventures of
Charlemagne
,
Orlando
, and the
Franks
as they battle against the
Saracens
with diversions into many sideplots. Ariosto composed the poem in the
ottava rima
rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.
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