It is often recognized that some of he most brilliant writers begin their career after tragic, life changing events. Dino Campana, a famous Italian poet, was sent to lunatic asylum in his early life. This occurrence most definitely influenced his writing style and most of his works, in general. It set a common theme throughout his works of poetry. Due to Campana’s psychological disturbances throughout his life, his use of repetition, superlatives, and diction bring out the theme of “reality compared to hallucinations” in his works of poetry.
Campana was born and raised in Marradi, which is in northern Italy. An interesting character in his life is his mother, Fanny Luti. She came from a very wealthy family. However, she was known as an unusual and obsessive woman who was affected by mental illness. For example, Fanny would often be caught taking strolls through the hills. Additionally, she would forget about normal, motherly activities that she should’ve been doing.
When Dino Campana was about fifteen years old, he was diagnosed with the first symptoms of nervous disturbances. He soon was medicated, and then eventually was sent to an asylum. Years passed, and he eventually returned to his hometown, Marradi. However, upon his arrival, the nervous outbreaks worsened. In 1903, the future poet enrolled himself at the University of Bologna. Some of his first poetic work was written here. Eventually, his work here led to the beginnings of Orphic Songs. Campana could not complete and pass his first year at the university. So, this led to him questioning what his destiny was to be. He felt he could not find what he was meant to do. Eventually, he found himself applying all he could in writing poetry while being depressed.
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...onally, in one of Campana’s most famous poems, Genoa Woman, he describes the women of Genoa. He sees them as divine figures and portrays them as items he can never have. All the basic mythic figures and scenes that Campana commonly writes about (port cities, barbaric mother figures, windy plains, the captive teenager) are seen in this poem.
Throughout Dino Campana’s works, the imagery shown through sounds and colors come together to create a very intense visualization. One of the major themes of Campana poems, which is seen at the beginning of the Orphic Songs in "The Night,” is the uncertainty of whether his writing is a reality or hallucinations. In his other poems, such as "Genoa Woman", all the fabled figures and scenes that are in Campana’s mind are revealed. Overall, the use of repetition, superlatives, and keywords, create a strong scene in Campana’s writing.
Throughout the years, and throughout various forms of media, some of the greatest creative minds have been the victims of the most unfortunate circumstances. For many, their major problem is that of addiction, and one could say that it affects their work, for better or worse. For example, a writer’s prose usually is affected at least partly by the author’s inner dialogue, and thus, the author’s problems get mixed in with their writings. Therefore, the author’s addictions become a part of the work itself.
...n for her spontaneity which came from her passionate and stubborn temperament. In her Rime, she writes poems relating to her love of a man named Collaltino. Her poems are filled with ecstasy and sorrow, with the remembering of happy moments but also with jealousy and anxiety between the two. In 1553, her health took a turn for the worse. She caught a high fever which killed her in a few days. The same year, her sister had her Rime published. It was not very successful in her century. It had to wait two centuries before being published again. She is now hailed as one of the greatest Italian poets. Stampa’s Rime is one of the largest collection of Canzonieri in the Italian literature. There are 311 poems in all, arranged in chronological order. Gaspara freed herself from her obsessive love by transferring her pain into some of the greatest poetry in Italian history.
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