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Versul celor patru superlative
Verse of the Four Superlatives

Author(s): Ştefan Augustin Doinaş
Subject(s): Poetry
Published by: Fundaţia România literară

Summary/Abstract: Stefan Augustin Doinas entitled his essay on Mihai Eminescu’s poem "Ode (in Antic Meter)", Oda (in metru antic) “Verse of the Four Superlatives “. The four superlatives: (arid, philosophical, obscure, and pathetic) give the first verse in the poem: "Nu credeam să-nvăt a muri vreodată" (I didn’t think I would ever learn to die), and make the theme of the four sections of the essay.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 16,17
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Romanian