Salvatore Quasimodo | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis & critique of Salvatore Quasimodo.

Salvatore Quasimodo | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis & critique of Salvatore Quasimodo.
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SOURCE: Molinaro, Julius A. “Quasimodo and the Theme of the Willow Trees.” Romance Notes 18, no. 1 (fall 1977): 32-7.

In the following essay, Molinaro traces the image of willows in Quasimodo's poetry and explores the biblical, mythic, and popular influences in Giorno dopo giorno.

In his introduction to Quasimodo's Giorno dopo giorno, a verse collection first published in 1947, Carlo Bo devotes some attention to the poem “Alle fronde dei salici.”1 For purposes of the subsequent discussion, it would be useful to quote the short poem in its entirety:

E come potevamo noi cantare con il piede straniero sopra il cuore, fra i morti abbandonati nelle piazze sull'erba dura di ghiaccio, al lamento d'agnello dei fanciulli, all'urlo nero della madre che andava incontro al figlio crocifisso sul palo del telegrafo? Alle fronde dei salici, per voto, anche le nostre cetre erano appese, oscillavano lievi al triste vento.(2) 

Citing other examples, Carlo...

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