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Accertamenti metrici su di una poesia di Maxime Cella

Authors

  • Carlo Londero Università degli Studi di Udine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31273/polisemie.v1.608

Keywords:

Maxime Cella, Contemporary Italian Poetry, Iper-contemporary Italian Poetry, Metric, Stylistic, 20th Century Poetry

Abstract

Maxime Cella (Rueil-Malmaison, France, 1980 - Udine, Italy, 2019) was a poet and translator. He began publishing his first poems in 2009 and in 2011 the booklet Dieci poesie (‘Ten Poems’) was released. This essay offers a purely formalistic reading of the posthumously published Foss’io colui (‘Were I the one who’). After analysing the metrical aspects of the poem, the paper looks at the function of the “step verses” in order to evaluate its effect on versification and on the setting of the mise en page, which will be further examined in light of rhymes’ suffixes. Before concluding on a note on the vocalic phonosymbolism of the poem, the paper will then bring to light its dense phonic plot, from which Cella’s poetic awareness and ability can be clearly observed.

Author Biography

  • Carlo Londero, Università degli Studi di Udine

    Carlo Londero (1983) is a Ph.D in Scienze bibliografiche del testo e del documento. Currently he works as a Post Doc within Department of Humanities in the University of Udine. He deals with contemporary Italian poetry, with militant criticism and studies on Giovanni Giudici, Vittorio Sereni, Umberto Saba, Diego Valeri, Beniamino Dal Fabbro, Luciano Morandini, Giovanni Ragagnin.

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Published

2020-04-03

Issue

Vol. 1 (2020)

Section

Articles