This is probably the most widely known of D’Annunzio’s poems and the one that is usually taken as most emblematic of his “panism,” the ability to experience the vibrant life of nature in one’s own body and soul. The poem… Read More ›
synesthesia in poetry
Analysis of Vicente Aleixandre’s City of Paradise
Ciudad del paraíso (“City of Paradise”), from the collection Sombra del paraíso (1944), typifies the style that established Vicente Aleixandre as the seminal poetic voice in Spain after the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). An homage to Málaga, where the poet… Read More ›