the dictionary says: " empathize v.rifl. participate emotionally to an event, a condition of others like own, identify. "
This, I believe, the secret of Peter mentioned in his new book, Leopardi; read those pages is like living next to Leopardi, speak, hear the sound and the meaning of his poems, and finally desire to console the young James for all his pains, weep for him, so great, so lonely, so helpless against the misunderstandings of the world. Mentioned can give us a share because he is a participant.
So much so that ...
... eyes, frown lines, hair, attitude of the mouth, cheeks ...
Why else cited, he would be shot in the back cover as if to underline the deep bond between the critic and poet?
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