Poetic Reflections on Love and the Ideal Woman

Poetic Reflections: "I Am Burning"

Subject: The Ineffable in Poetry and Women

This analysis delves into reflections on poetry, asserting its independent existence before the poet. Its primary source is identified as the woman, who embodies feeling and, by extension, poetry itself. The text questions how poetry can express love, acknowledging the inherent insufficiency of language.

Summary: The Elusive Ideal Woman

The core theme revolves around the pursuit of the desired ideal woman, who, the analysis suggests, exists only within the dreams of the poetic ideal. This ideal of love and poetic aspiration often binds and confuses women.

Structure: Archetypes of Feminine Beauty

The poet's work, through its rhyme scheme, presents different models of feminine beauty. Each vision is explored across a three-stanza structure:

• The Brunette Woman: Portrayed as fiery and a symbol of passion, ultimately rejected.
• The Pale and Fair Woman: Characterized by great tenderness, also rejected.
• The Impossible Woman: An intangible heritage, she is the one desired.

Metric Analysis and Poetic Devices

The poet employs a dialogue between women, allowing the moment and the poet's feelings to come alive. Through metaphors and symbolism, the poet identifies women (the source of feelings) with poetry:

• The first woman is identified with neoclassical poetry (well-constructed and rich in stylistic resources).
• The second woman (spiritual) is identified with romantic poetry (transmitting feelings).
• The third ideal woman is identified with post-romantic poetry (impressive yet unattainable).

The poem utilizes significant rhetorical devices:

• Anaphora: Repetition of phrases like "I'm burning, I'm [missing word, likely 'dying']".
• Anadiplosis: Repetition of words, for example, "no, ati, come, come your..." (Note: The original text is incomplete here).

Poetic Style: Bareness and Suggestion

The lyrical style is marked by its simplicity, bareness, transparency, and restraint. The tone is intimate and indecisive, with blurred lines and a complete absence of rhetorical, ideological, or conceptual intentions. The poet excels in the ability to suggest and draw the reader's imagination with subtle hints.

B's lyricism can be classified as symbolic, identifying nature with the poet's state of mind or relating physical elements to the feelings surrounding them. He transforms elements into symbols to express the ineffable. All his effort aims to shed accessories, condense the poem, and reduce its loudness and brightness, leading to a soft, melancholy solitude, like a musical lament.

To create this intimate poetry, with suggestive, veiled lines, the poet uses his own skepticism as a foundation. The verbal instrument seems insufficient for direct communication; it is only possible to suggest rather than express directly.

Further Metric Details

The poem primarily uses decasyllabic lines (high art), with assonance rhyme in odd lines and pairs (ea).