Halt, O Faint Shared of My Elusive Love
La obra es una colección de poemas que exploran temas como el amor, la soledad y la búsqueda de la verdad. La autora utiliza un lenguaje rico y metafórico para describir sus sentimientos y pensamientos. Los poemas están escritos en un estilo barroco, caracterizado por su complejidad y riqueza léxica.
By Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz · First published 1653 · Genre: Poetry, Romantic, Baroque · 177 words
First lines
Which restrains a fantasy by making it content with decent love
Halt, O faint shade of my elusive love, image of the enchantment I love best, fair illusion for whom I gladly die, sweet fiction for whose sake I live in pain.
If th'attraction, the magnet of your charms draws my heart as if it were made of steel, why woo and win me over with flattery if then you will deceive me, turn and flee?
But, satisfied and proud, you cannot boast that your tyranny triumphs over me: for though you escape and slip through the tight cords that bind your imagined form in fantasy, it matters not if you elude my arms, my dear, when thought alone can imprison you.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Date: 1653 CE
- Language: Spanish
- Genres: Poetry, Romantic, Baroque, Philosophical, Metaphysical
- Length: 177 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — El texto es un poema con estructura métrica y rima.
- Romantic — El tema central es el amor y el deseo.
- Baroque — El estilo es complejo y ornamentado, característico del Barroco.
- Philosophical — Explora conceptos abstractos como la ilusión y la realidad.
Tags
Amor · Poesía · Romance · Misterio · Amistad · Correspondencia · Epistolario · Literatura barroca · Cultura novohispana · Femenino · Identidad · Eros