tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938636279010602346.post5130680337018517383..comments2024-02-10T12:04:32.430-08:00Comments on LiteraryJoint: Autunno (Autumn), by Vincenzo Cardarelli, English TranslationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938636279010602346.post-39414435947202706422012-11-13T05:21:00.637-08:002012-11-13T05:21:00.637-08:00“sundial of existence” … with light comes shadow …...“sundial of existence” … with light comes shadow … beautifully ironic and bitter-sweet ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938636279010602346.post-74424760100889514132012-11-10T10:22:34.470-08:002012-11-10T10:22:34.470-08:00I believe the sun depicted in "Autunno" ...I believe the sun depicted in "Autunno" truly represents a sundial of existence. You may like better the other sun, the one in Vincenzo Cardarelli's poem "Ottobre" ;0)<br />http://literaryjoint.blogspot.nl/2012/10/ottobre-vincenzo-cardarelli-october-by.htmlLiteraryJointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062870810456470369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938636279010602346.post-32618982532287111452012-11-10T08:33:34.998-08:002012-11-10T08:33:34.998-08:00I am quite selfish in my reading and interpretatio...I am quite selfish in my reading and interpretation, I must admit. I suppose I wanted the sun to relish, if only just a little bit, in the earth’s unending vulnerability and co-dependency to warmth and light … not to mention the need to be remembered when exposed to the coldest elements … Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938636279010602346.post-49199295256437645192012-11-08T07:27:17.774-08:002012-11-08T07:27:17.774-08:00Thanks for stepping by ;0)
Indeed, "Smarrire&...Thanks for stepping by ;0)<br />Indeed, "Smarrire" is literally "to lose", so it's a "lost" sun...yet "smarrire" is more than lost, is also how you feel when you are lost: out of place, confused. In "Autunno" the sun, the rain, the earth are quite anthropomorphous: they appear to be suffering just like humans... LiteraryJointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062870810456470369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938636279010602346.post-90504623679644598752012-11-08T06:18:12.667-08:002012-11-08T06:18:12.667-08:00Thank you for this introduction to Cardarelli. I ...Thank you for this introduction to Cardarelli. I stumbled on “smarrito”. Perhaps, I was expecting a sun with a different face and emotion. Not smiling and content, but not “bewildered” either. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com