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This is the page for daily questions (in English) for Lesson 21. XXth
Century, Post-modernism (continued): Mistral, Agustini
Lesson 21A. Gabriela Mistral
21-1. How does the author's personality appear in this work?
21-2. What characteristics of the literary movement the author belongs
to appear in this work?
21-3. What important facts do we know about the author's life?
21-4. What desires does Gabriela Mistral express in the "Sonnets
of death", and what is your reaction?
21-5. What attitude does Mistral have towards children? Is she realistic?
21-6. What impact did her lover's death have on Mistral's life? Would
you have the same reaction?
21-7. What impressions did the "Sonnets of death" leave you
with?
21-8. Do you consider that the "Sonnets of death" is a morbid
or a sentimental and romantic poem?
21-9. Wouldn't it have been logical for Mistral to have killed herself
after the death of her lover? Why do you think she didn't?
21-10. Explain the meaning of the phrase "no one's hand will enter
to dispute with me your handful of bones".
21-11. What is the symbolism of the bread in the poem "Bread"?
21-12. What is the symbolism of the valleys (Aconcagua, Pátzcuaro,
Elqui) in the poem "Bread".
21-13. What is love like in the poem "The sleepless one"?
21-14. Explain the meaning of the phrase "I with my body of old
Sara".
Lesson 21B. Delmira Agustini
21-21. How does the author's personality appear in this work?
21-22. What characteristics of the literary movement the author belongs
to appear in this work?
21-23. What important facts do we know about the author's life?
21-24 What is the author's style like?
21-25. Explain the meaning of wings in Agustini's work.
21-26. Explain the meaning of the phrase "I am the errant swan
of the bloody trails and I go staining the lakes and soaring into flight".
21-27. Explain the meaning of the phrase "I was enchanted by your
impudence and I loved your wildness."
21-28. Explain the meaning of the phrase "Crow's beak with scent
of roses".
21-29. Explain the meaning of the phrase "sweet stinger of delight."
21-30. Explain the meaning of the phrase "your mysterious hands
are claws gloved with caresses."
21-31. Compare love in the work of Mistral and that of Agustini.
21-32. Cite (and explain) one of Delmira Agustini's poems in which she
uses an audacious image to describe her lover.
21-33. Are there parallels between Sor Juana and Agustini? Explain.
21-34. Are there contradictions between physical love and spiritual
love in the works of Mistral and Agustini?