The greatest literary work of your own culture The greatest literary work in Italian is "La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri. It is composed of more than fourteen hundreds hendecasyllables with rhymes. Dante wrote it in the 14th century and its composition lasted for a long period of his life. The story is about a man, Dante himself, who travels through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. The book is divided into three parts and every section ends with the word "stelle", which means "starts" in English. What's the most important literary work of your culture/language? Have you appreciated reading it?

A question about after + -ing form Hi everyone! I have a question about the use of after followed by the -ing form. I'm struggling with it. What's the difference between these two phrases? And especially is the second one grammatically correct? What would a native English speaker say? I went for a walk after having dinner. I went for a walk after having had dinner. Thank you!

Last Blues, to be read some day by Cesare Pavese

Recently I've read this composition called Last Blues, to be read some day written by Cesare Pavese, an Italian writer and poet who lived in the XX century. 

It is about an unrequited love.

What do you think of this composition?

 

<em>‘T was only a flirt</em>
<em>you sure did know -</em>
<em>some one was hurt</em>
<em>long time ago.</em>

<em>All is the same</em>
<em>time has gone by -</em>
<em>some day you came</em>
<em>some day you’ll die.</em>

<em>Some one has died</em>
<em>long time ago -</em>
<em>some one who tried</em>
<em>but didn’t know.</em>

My relationship with English Hi! I've been studying English for ten years. I think grammar lessons are necessary at first, but then something more is required. Some students can afford to go abroad in order to improve the knowledge of the language, other can't. In my opinion websites like this one are very useful because of the possibility to chat with mother-tongue English people. Reading books in English is also important but it's almost nothing compared with the chance to speak. Finally, I'm looking for an English speaking partner to exchange emails and chat with and I'll be very pleased about everyone who wants to help me. In return I can help you with your Italian, since I got to know about language exchanges and I think they'd be also a great opportunity to meet a new culture.