La vida l'he castigada vivint-la

Universal autobiography of a moralist, of a modern Socrates -as many of his contemporaries considered him-, of an elusive and unfortunate man, but at the same time very aware of the harsh reality that surrounded him ("The good it is infraction, evil is the norm, in our existence"), Cardarelli's poems are nourished by life, by experience, by the always intricate relations between the poet and the world, and surprise the reader by a restraint very careful, a studied musicality and a staggering naturalness. In short, a unique poetic proposal, which could only bring to fruition a shipwreck in time as the poet of Tarquinia.