No matter how good short poems are, and no matter how fond the modern mind is of them, they alone are incapable of the great poetic effect. The latter is only achieved when the mind reaches a degree of ecstasy that requires, firstly, complete absorption and, secondly, a certain number of verses. In other words: the mind needs to be immersed in the poetic atmosphere that will lead it on the upward movement. Then, verse by verse, concentration increases, the stimuli intensify and the great effect is already being built up. In short: for the peak to impress, it must be preceded by the climb.