КОСМОПОЛИТСКАТА ПОЕТСКА ВИЗИЈА НА АЦО ШОПОВ / COSMOPOLITAN POETIC VISION OF ACO ŠOPOV

Abstract

The poetry of Aco Šopov has fundamental importance for the development of the
lyric expression in Macedonian contemporary literature. The scholars divide his opus
in several phases, but what is most important is that his poems show coherent poetics,
recognizable and based on two constant principles: deep intimacy and cosmopolitan
spirit. His poetry is complex vision, full of symbols and mythical imaginations, in
accordance with the poetics of symbolism and neo-symbolism. This vision hasn’t lost its
relevance during the time. On the contrary, it is even more powerful today, in the 21 st
century, especially with its main idea of cultivating respect for differences of identity of
all peoples of the world and promoting the value of the unity of diversity. That is why his
poetry is widely accepted among readers with different ethnic and linguistic background.