You Command Me, Anarda
La obra es una sátira que explora las relaciones entre el poder y la sexualidad en un contexto colonial. La narradora, una mujer de alta posición social, se ve obligada a casarse con un hombre mayor para mantener su estatus económico. A medida que avanza la historia, se revela la hipocresía y la corrupción que rodean al poder masculino.
By Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz · First published 1653 · Genre: Poetry, Romance, Pastoral · 198 words
First lines
She reflects upon her inevitable weeping in view of the one she loves
You command me, Anarda, to come without weeping before your eyes, and I suspect that not knowing the cause is what has made you wish me to undertake so great a triumph.
Love, my lady, finds in me no resistance, for my exhausted heart he sets ablaze, causing the blood in my bosom to flee and vaporize in my sight as ardency.
And then my eyes seek and search for your presence, which they judge the object of their sweet charm, and when my attention pays homage to you the rays from my eyes, during all that time, finding in you the resistance of snow, transmute what left as vapor into tears.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Date: 1653 CE
- Language: Spanish
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, Pastoral, Drama
- Length: 198 words
- Structure: 1 section, 5 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — El texto es un poema con estructura métrica y rima.
- Romance — El tema central es el amor y el deseo.
- Pastoral — Utiliza un nombre estándar de la poesía pastoral de la Edad de Oro.
- Drama — La intensidad emocional y el conflicto interno son dramáticos.
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Novela Barroca · Literatura Mexicana · Siglo XVII · Femenino · Mística · Religiosa · Filosófica · Política · Sátira · Comedia · Drama · Romance