Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal, but which the reader recognizes as his own

Quote by Salvatore Quasimodo

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A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men,...

Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men,...

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses...

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses...

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and...

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and...

An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the...

An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the...

According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on...

According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on...

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes,...

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes,...

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and...

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and...

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be...

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be...

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the...

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the...

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their...

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their...

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts...

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts...

At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have...

At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have...

The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages...

The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages...

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must...

As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must...

In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself...

In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself...

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds...

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds...

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which...

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which...