Anabasis, from the Greek for “a going up” or “ascent,” denotes a poetic movement or narrative arc that progresses from a state of confusion, exile, or degradation toward clarity, return, or spiritual elevation; famously used as the title of George Seferis’s modernist sequence, the term captures a journey inward and upward—often through fragmented landscapes or historical memory—where the poet reconstructs identity or meaning through incremental revelation, contrasting with katabasis (descent) and embodying the redemptive potential of lyrical quest.

Anabasis: A narrative or thematic "journey upward"—geographic, spiritual, or intellectual; opposite of katabasis; central to epic and visionary poetry (e.g., Dante’s ascent in Paradiso).