▁poetry ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁art . ▁The ▁topics ▁can ▁range ▁to ▁different ▁things , ▁but ▁all ▁have ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁either ▁r het or ic ▁or ▁persu asion . ▁He av ily ▁influenced ▁by ▁Gia como ▁Leop ardi , ▁he ▁felt ▁a ▁lack ▁in ▁his ▁poetry ▁seeing ▁the ▁similarity . ▁However , ▁the ▁work ▁should ▁be ▁regarded ▁equally ▁as ▁important , ▁in ▁the ▁poem ▁I ▁Fig li ▁del ▁Mare , ▁Michel sta ed ter ▁prof ound ly ▁writes ▁about ▁persu asion ▁and ▁r het or ic ▁in ▁a ▁po etic ▁way . ▁▁ ▁The ▁poem ▁in ▁question ▁can ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁it ▁follows ▁that ▁the ▁struggle ▁in ▁the ▁f ury ▁of ▁the ▁sea ▁is ▁never - ending , ▁it ▁never - ach ieves ▁its ▁goal , ▁and ▁thus ▁necessarily ▁and ▁un av oid ably ▁implies ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁error . ▁But ▁what ▁differenti ates ▁this ▁err ing ▁from ▁the ▁mistakes ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁is , ▁so ▁to ▁speak , ▁an ▁err ing ▁in ▁the ▁right ▁direction . ▁Michel sta ed ter ▁out lines ▁the ▁‘ way ▁to ▁persu asion ,’ ▁as ‘ res earch ▁with ▁negative ▁data ’ ▁( 4 6 ), ▁and ▁does ▁so ▁in ▁ways ▁which ▁are ▁coh er ent ▁with ▁I tt i ’ s ▁and ▁Sen ia ’ s ▁call . ▁ ▁This ▁imp lied ▁will ▁is ▁ch anne led ▁inside ▁a ▁hyper bol ic ▁( r het or ically ▁and ▁mathemat ically ) ▁( 4 1 ) ▁path ▁of ▁em an cip ation ▁from ▁and