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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
