Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. Salvatore Quasimodo believefeltinterior Change image and share on social
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. Salvatore Quasimodo absolutebeginforcefully Change image and share on social
My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems. Salvatore Quasimodo lettermanpeople Change image and share on social
A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism. Salvatore Quasimodo avoidclinginternationalism Change image and share on social
The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters. Salvatore Quasimodo characterexhaustimitate Change image and share on social
According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze. Salvatore Quasimodo breakconfinemouth Change image and share on social
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. Salvatore Quasimodo dangeremotionallyepic Change image and share on social
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. Salvatore Quasimodo agecontinuitydecorum share on social
Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience. Salvatore Quasimodo conscienceeuropeanimportance Change image and share on social
War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. Salvatore Quasimodo changecountryforce Change image and share on social
