It is true that, as Leopardi rightly noted, “cosa odiosissima è il parlar molto di se”. However, it cannot be denied that lyric poetry in the first person, in addition to the excellent rhyming possibilities provided by the verbs, achieves a degree of closeness between the lyrical self and the reader that is difficult to achieve in any other way. Whether or not there is identification between the two, there is something in this half-confessional tone that removes, at least apparently, some of the artificiality of the expression, making it more authentic, and therefore more powerful. Like Leopardi, it is good to avoid that unpleasant first person; like Leopardi, one must assume it for the sake of expression.