Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral. Salvatore Quasimodo bitterfrequentlyidentify Change image and share on social
Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement. Salvatore Quasimodo beginconsiderdictatorship Change image and share on social
We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude. Salvatore Quasimodo bittercondemnhope Change image and share on social
The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them. Salvatore Quasimodo ancientapproachcreate share on social
In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life. Salvatore Quasimodo acceptancedetachmentdream share on social
The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture. Salvatore Quasimodo belongcertaintycreative share on social
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
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. Salvatore Quasimodo categoryciviccontent 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
After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. Salvatore Quasimodo calldeathmoral Change image and share on social
