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This paper aims to explore the all-pervasiveness of technique ekphrasis within Edoardo Sanguineti’s poetry, from Laborintus (1956) Varie ed eventuali (2010). The study is conducted looking at six exemplary texts (Laborintus 3 and 7, Reisebilder 14, Cataletto 1, Corollario 43, Mantova 15) belonging different periods literary career comparing them with visual objects that they describe. In this way, tries show usage not only as a simple rhetorical device but also primary poetical tool. Finally, article drafts some future ways for further investigation, such cataloguing all ekphrasises hidden in application theoretical results achieved by international studies, possibility connecting ones used other Italian contemporary poets.