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At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds.

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

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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.

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He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.

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A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.

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

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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

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

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The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Author

Born: August 20th, 1901

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