Abstract
This study examines the form and function of simile in Luigi Pulci’s Morgante. Particular attention is given to the Pulcian tendency to establish logical relations – which are not immediately recognizable – between the two elements of comparison and of the transformation of simile into metaphor. In contrast with Renaissance poetry and Ariosto’s extensive and well-structured similes, Pulcian similitude in certain ways anticipates Baroque ingenuity.