At first, Giusti's satirical poems were circulated from hand to hand only in manuscript form. To circumvent political repercussions, the first collections had to be printed outside Italy, without the author's name. His first notable satire, written in 1833, was La guigliottina a vapore ("The Steam Guillotine"). The satire announced that the Chinese had invented a steam guillotine, making the decapitation of dictators much more efficient.

Poetry

Giusti's early compositions were distributed among

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