The Silence of Mihai Eminescu’s Poems
The Silence of Mihai Eminescu’s Poems

Summary/Abstract: Silence could be presence, plenitude, repose but also absence, wordlessness. The present study explores these two (semantic) dimensions of silence as they are configured in Mihai Eminescu’s poetry. The harmonious nature and the feminine presence create the predilect atmosphere for the reverberations of silence as repose and plenitude. When the poet encounters difficulties in finding the right verbum, silence reflects the Orphic crisis of the poetic word. The poet is tempted to test the possibilities of the poetic verbum and tries the impossible i.e. forces the limits of the word in order to make it incorporate the reality itself, not just to denominate it.

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