[3][1] The volume consists of a collection of poems in the Italian language, and as such it follows Giotti's Il mio cuore e la mia casa, published in 1920.
Quantitatively, Giotti's production in the Italian language was scarce when compared with his work in the Triestine dialect; however, this is "largely compensated by the quality, that is by the intensity of human inspiration and genuine and original artistic value.
"[4] In Giotti's Italian language poetry, the motif of "domestic intimacy" becomes prominent, and the poet is really "delicate and moved by the family, representing with a sense of affectionate tenderness the figures of his wife and children.
"[4] The poems of Lyrics and Idylls were composed in the 1920s (from 1920 to 1925),[1] and were partially anticipated in 1931 by the Genoese journal Circoli, founded that same year by Adriano Grande, helped by editors Giacomo Debenedetti, Eugenio Montale, Camillo Sbarbaro, and Segio Solmi.
[1] Diego Valeri, writing for Le Tre Venezie, expressed some reservations, to which Giotti responded with a witty reply.