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Eugenio Montale

For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music.

Eugenio Montale

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Montale suggests that poetry originated from the human need to combine spoken words with rhythmic tribal music, much like a hammer striking repeatedly. He views poetry as a creation that merges vocal expression with musical beats to form its unique art.

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