Keywords
Versification
Italian contemporary poetry
sonnet
hybrid metrical forms
free verse
Italian contemporary poetry
sonnet
hybrid metrical forms
free verse
Abstract
This article analyses the use of the sonnet in Valerio Magrelli’s poetry, focusing on the effect of friction produced by metrical choices in relation to the other textual levels. The essay highlights the relationship between the author’s sonnets and free verse production and some models of Italian twentieth-century tradition. The study examines the texts in detail and shows how meter is used to generate short circuits and new paths of meaning under the surface of the text.