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The Poetic Message of St. Francis

Mirko Đorđević

Abstract

The poems and hymns of St. Francis tell us that the consciousness of a lyric subject can resolve the problem of separation between a subject and object. The intellectual factor is relegated to secondary importance, consciousness is transformed, and the heart speaks and becomes a source of speach. This is the source of Francis's lyrics, as well as spiritual lyrics in general, a simplicity which dispenses with poetic rhetoric. The lyric subject surpasses the boundaries of notional consciousness and achieves balance when the soul is liberated and converses with God. An object in the poetry of St. Francis of Assisi is not within the causal network because the poet is freely speaking with God, singing with joy in his heart. Francis sees with his heart, because only with the heart can one see well. Mis message is that of a glad and joyful heart.

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Hrčak ID:

53363

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/53363

Publication date:

20.2.1989.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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