Alberto Frattini's poetry contains a vigorously realistic power of connotation. During his early career, certain critics attempted to define his poetry as neorealistic; however, Frattini's kind of realism includes clear references to metaphysical as well as phenomenological and existentialist elements that unite individuals in a common humanity. The critics who argue in favor of a realistic tendency in Frattini's work do so largely on the basis of his reluctance to indulge in the outrageous linguistic structures and the baroque imagery that typify much of contemporary Italian poetry. His language is the product of sentiment and thought; it expresses in delicate but sometimes harsh tones the sentiment that frames the chain of being, as well as the sense of anxiety in the course of daily existence.

The importance of Frattini's poetry lies precisely in the profoundly felt adherence of thought and sentiment to language; the result is limpid lyrics...