What is the contribution of the Greek writer Suo Romos in the literary world?

Romos, a famous Greek poet. 1798 was born in a business aristocratic family, was educated in Italy since childhood, and wrote in Italian. Returned to Greece at the age of 20. Solomos once wrote a long epic "The Destruction of Jerusalem" in Italian, and only wrote 1 volume. 1822, he published impromptu poems, including more than 80 sonnets, also written in Italian. During this writing period, he met the famous scholar Tricou Pitts, who appreciated his poetic talent very much, asked him to write in Greek and said to him, "Greece is waiting for a new Dante." From then on, Mr. Romos wrote poems in his own language. But from his early Greek poems, we can also see the influence of Italian literature and European romanticism at that time.

The revolution of 182 1 was a turning point in Solomos's life. He is determined to devote himself to the independence, freedom and literature of his motherland. 1823, he wrote a long poem Ode to Freedom, which was divided into 158 sections. This is his most famous work and has been translated into many European languages. 1828, he left his hometown of Zakingsos, settled in Corfu Island, and began to write a long narrative poem "Lan Blos", which is about a Don Juan character. The poem is not finished, only fragments are left. 1824 published a collection of prose dialogues. The novel The Woman of Zakingsos was published after his death.

1833, he wrote a long poem "Crete Island", which used the traditional genre of Crete poetry in 17 century. He told the story of a man in Crete who was caught in a storm at sea and finally reached the shore after struggling, but his beloved woman was dead. I haven't finished writing this long poem.

From 1833 to 1844, he wrote a long poem "Freemen besieged", which described one of the most important battles in the Greek War of Independence. The city of Mesolangjian was besieged at 1825 and did not break through until the following year. This poem is not finished either.

In the last ten years (1847 ~ 1857), so Romos wrote many poems, many of which were unfinished drafts. In his later poems, he often explores the mysteries of life and death, and his works show mysticism. The most famous article is Shark (1849), which describes a British garrison sergeant who was swimming in the sea and met a shark and was bitten by a fish. The young man found himself fighting the shark before he died.

Solomos wrote some poems in Italian in his later years. Many of his last works were published two years after his death.

Suo Romos inherited the tradition of previous poetry and made a new breakthrough in poetic language and meter. He is regarded as one of the important founders of modern Greek poetry.