Kitty wrote: ↑April 15th, 2020, 1:46 am
thank you Hernan, this is straight
PL ok. It was quite chilling to hear the repetitions of the simple words at the end of each stanza...like time dripping slowly away. Conveys my feelings these days quite accurately
I wonder why the final E has been written with a capital letter
some deeper meaning ?
This book of poems is characterized by unusual play with words and grammar. The very name of the collection
Trilce, is said to be a combination of two words:
triste (sad) and
dulce (sweet); though nobody knows for sure.
In this specific poem, there is the capitalization you mention (to be honest I didn't notice until you mentioned it
), and the other in the word 'Lomismo' (an invented word, from the expression 'lo mismo' (the same)). Other invented words are 'cancionan' (derivative of 'canción' (song)); 'heriza' (combination of 'hiere' (hurt) and 'eriza' (bristle)). This is common in the Vanguardist movement.
There are many more interesting things about this poem: there is symbolism and pattern in the number of verses and syllables, cool hidden metaphors, gradation in words that signify/are related to heat (hell), etc. I'll just end by saying that the repetition of words, at the end of each stanza, that are related to time represent the monotony of life, which is the main theme. This book was written by César Vallejo while he was (unjustly) in jail, so we don't have to guess where the inspiration for that came from
. And yes, in times of quarantine, this poem fits perfectly.
I remember analyzing this poem back in school (good times
). The very first poem I truly appreciated
. Oh well, I'll shut up about it now, got a little carried away there.
Kitty wrote: ↑April 15th, 2020, 1:46 am
Regarding your link to this book: is this an official site from a library maybe ? Just asking to make sure the link does not vanish any time soon. Sometimes with only fansites, they lose interest and disappear again.
It's sort of an org that promotes online learning. Apart from having books online they have some awesome talks on youtube (I even dare say better than TedTalks
). They're founded by a big bank so I trust it's stable, though I've already downloaded the book jic.
Kitty wrote: ↑April 15th, 2020, 1:46 am
As to recording the entire book, you are free to do so of course. Just please note that we don't use any of our recordings twice in two different projects. So if you go ahead with it, you need to re-record this poem as well, and not simply use the same recording than here. Each recording should be unique and not a rehash.
You can also opt to take it out now of this collection and use it for your solo, if you decide to to so. But then please notify us before the project is archived
Thanks
Sonia
Yeah it's alright, I was planning on recording it twice from the start. Please, keep it in this collection
.
Thank you very much Sonia,
Hernan