Written by Giuseppe Ungaretti:
--> In italian: Soldati
"Si sta come
d’autunno
sugli alberi
le foglie"
Bosco di Courton luglio 1918
--> in English: Soldiers
"We are as
in autumn
on branches
the leaves"
Courton Forest, July 1918
This poetry, though simply composed of four lines, is profound and very significant; in fact, the poet wanted to emphasize the relationship between the weak autumn leaves that are hung by fatigue at the tree, which will inevitably fall and represent soldiers who, during the war, were victims of war and were not even considered.
The author of this poetic work makes us understand that sometimes even writing that little, in that little one you can enclose many deeper meanings. We can learn also that's important that meanings should be direct and clear sometimes, without writing too much.
However I didn't want to talk about war today, but to remember the fall as a wonderful season with colorful shades of color of leaves that dry and fall to the ground ready to be collected
(if we have time)!