Keywords

• This essay
• moving from the description of the cultural and political context of the xvi century in which is represented the idea of the rising power of the monarchy and the French nation
• presents the humanist and poet Joachim Du Bellay and analyses his sonnet Antiquitez de Rome. It presents a textual analysis which hopes to reveal the ways by which he celebrates the country characterised through his vision of ancient Rome which on the one hand evokes a strong and long-lasting power while on the other reflects on the fragility of all power