Synthesized answer
The description of the woman in "Poema de Chile" as a "fantasma o 'trascordada'" is presented in the context of her and an indigenous child traversing Chile, which is filled with "claves genéricas, étnicas y políticas" [1]. This journey towards a significant origin in southern Chile, with the voices of the child and woman in "contrapunto," emphasizes the dramatic dimension of the woman's spectral or "trascordada" state [1].
While the passages do not explicitly detail how these elements create a multifaceted commentary on Chilean history and identity, they suggest that the combined presence of the woman as a spectral figure, the interplay of voices, and the journey through various "claves" (generic, ethnic, and political) likely offer a layered exploration. The "contrapunto" of voices and the symbolic journey through "claves genéricas, étnicas y políticas" [1] imply a dialogue and exploration of different facets of Chilean experience.
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From the book
Title: Poema de Chile by Gabriela Mistral --- Metadata --- Title: Poema de Chile by Gabriela Mistral Description: "Nueva edición (la primera es de 1967) de crucial colección de la poeta. Dos personajes, una mujer y un niño indígena, recorren un Chile lleno de claves genéricas, étnicas y políticas en dirección a un origen decisivo: el sur chileno. Las voces del niño y la mujer en contrapunto subrayan la dimensión dramática de la mujer como fantasma o 'trascordada.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. --- Text ---
her was more sensitive, More quieting and loving-kind, With greater will to love and live Than I ever had hoped to find. For with her grace of tenderness A violence of love she had: In a peplos of loveliness Was hid a Mænad passion mad . . . . To her bosom she took my dream, Fondled it there, and gave it death . . . . My dream a suckling child did seem, Dead lacking light, dead lacking faith . . . . Youth, treasure only gods may keep, Wilted in me forever now! I cannot, when I wish to, weep, And often cry I know not how . . . . Another fancied my lips were A casket wrought to hold her love;…
← Bagpipes of Spain Eleven Poems by Rubén Darío , translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomón de la Selva Song of Autumn in the Springtime Bibliography → 5142549 Eleven Poems — Song of Autumn in the Springtime Thomas Walsh and Salomón de la Selva Rubén Darío Song of Autumn in the Springtime Y outh , treasure only gods may keep, Fleeting from me forever now! I cannot, when I wish to, weep, And often cry I know not how . . . . My heart's celestial histories, So countless were, could not be told.— She was a tender child, in this World of affliction manifold. She seemed a dawn of pure delight; She…
outh bestrode a colt without a rein; Intoxicate I went, a belted blade with me; If I fell not—'twas God who did sustain. Within my garden stood a statue fair, Of marble seeming, yet of flesh and bone; A gentle spirit was incarnate there Of sensitive and sentimental tone. So timid of the world, it fain would hide And from its walls of silence issue not, Save when the Spring released upon its tide The hour of melody it had begot— The hour of sunset and of hidden kiss; The hour of gloaming twilight and retreat; The hour of madrigal, the hour of bliss, Of "I adore thee" and "Alas" too sweet.…
rmony from out the sacred wood. Oh, sacred wood! oh, rumor, that profound Stirs from the sacred woodland's heart divine! Oh, plenteous fountain in whose power is wound And overcome our destiny malign! Grove of ideals, where the real halts, Where flesh is flame alive, and Psyche floats; The while the satyr makes his old assaults, Loose Philomel her azure drunken throats. Fantastic pearl and music amorous Adown the green and flowering laurel tops: Hypsipyle stealthily the rose doth buss; And the faun's mouth the tender stalking crops. There where the god pursues the flying maid, Where springs…
More questions about this book
- How do the brief descriptions of Gabriela Mistral's "Poema de Chile" and Rubén Darío's "Eleven Poems" hint at different approaches to themes of national identity or the role of a poet in early 20th-century Latin American literature?
- In "A Sonnet on Cervantes," Darío describes reaping "rich delight" from Cervantes' "deathless sorrow" and "laughter from a madness so divine." How does this use of paradox deepen the speaker's appreciation for Cervantes' legacy, and what does it suggest about the enduring power of literary works?
- What does the speaker's declaration in Darío's "Portico" – "I am the singer who of late put by / The verse azulean and the chant profane" – reveal about an evolving poetic identity or a deliberate shift in artistic style?
- Considering the specific translators and introducers mentioned for Darío's "Eleven Poems," how might their involvement be crucial in shaping the reception and interpretation of complex Latin American poetry for an international audience, particularly given the rich cultural references implied in both Darío's and Mistral's works?