Delio Tessa (1886 - 1939) was an Italian poet from Milan. He is the most renowned writer in Milanese dialect after Carlo Porta. The originality of his poetry stands mostly in his obsessional expressionism and his allucinated and satyrical way to depict Death. His masterpiece is L'è el dì di Mort, alegher! ("It's the day of the Dead, be happy!", a collection of his lyrics, 1932). Stylistically, he uses massively "enjambements" and parentheticals; he mixes Milanese dialect with Italian and foreign languages such as French and English, making them rhyme, too. Milan (Italian: ; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is one of the biggest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... Statue of Carlo Porta. ...