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V. Fet: "At least in Russian poetry "azure" ("lazur' ") used as a noun
often means sky, being a standard poetic cliche'
...
However, very often "azure" is used as a synonym of sky"
Just the same in Italian (azzurro = cielo), even if such use in prose
writing has a certain démodé air, nowadays.
Giulia Visintin
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