So I started to make a list of questions: were the 10 poems that everyone quoted the best 10? Do the sonnets contain what we believe them to contain? Are they still useful to us? Do these poems still move us, speak to us, enlighten us? Is their reputation as a lovers' handbook deserved, or have they simply hitched a ride on the back of the plays?
Zbrka u kartoteci uspomena
Pred Kavkazom, na suncu, gospodin Kombol
pijucka svoju prijepodnevnu rakiju,
zatim zagladi rukom sijedu očinsku kosu
i odlazi na grmećem Kawasakiju.
Aubade Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake. My house was on a cliff. The thing could take Bookloads off shelves, break bottles in a row. Then the long pause and then the bigger shake. It seemed the best thing to be up and go. And far too large for my feet to step by. I hoped that various buildings were brought low. The heart of standing is you cannot fly.
G. Stepanić. Komparativna povijest hrvatske književnosti. Zbornik radova XII: Istodobnost raznodobnog. Tekst i povijesni ritmovi, Književni krug - Odsjek za komparativnu književnost Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Split - Zagreb, (2010)