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Salvatore Quasimodo

Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.

Salvatore Quasimodo

Poetry

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Salvatore Quasimodo is saying that different types of poetry, such as religious or civic, only hold true meaning if the ideas or messages they express are genuinely meaningful and well-founded. In other words, the value of these poems depends on the strength and truth of the content they present.

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