Poem Title |
Original Publication |
CP Page no |
from ‘Gramsci’s Ashes’ |
Collected Poems (see above) |
272 |
Allusion to classical place amphitheatre, Tiber, Rome
Classical/post-Classical intertexts The poem is a translation of the opening section of Pasolini’s poem ‘Le Ceneri di Gramsci’, an elegy to the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci (P. P. Pasolini. Le Ceneri di Gramsci. Milan: Garzanti, 1957).
Further Comment The ‘ancient stones’ and ruins of the Roman setting speak of a decaying culture and of ideals outlived by material remains.