La Voz A Ti Debida Summary
What does the poetic subject (voice) set out to do in relation to his beloved in Salinas’ La voz a ti debida?
The voice in this poem trilogy recorded his love life in a monologue like form, since there is no other character speaking directly, merely an implication of a reply from the other side. The first part of trilogy contains 70 poems, which will be addressed as fragments as they all create one poem, one part of the voice journey. Weather the poem was meant for communication with beloved since poems usually carry that implication or simply to create something artificial about her that would not change is dependent to one’s interpretation of the poem. The poetic subject’s initiative goal changed throughout the poem as does his beloved, in order to study his plans in relation to his love the first part of trilogy …show more content…
The very two initial poems are an introduction, which set out a clear idea that he is still looking for the loved one, her being always beyond reach. The first indication of his continuous search for her is given in fragment three, “Detrás, más allá/ También detrás, más atrás de mí te busco” (p111) The speaker here is willing to look beyons and behind her to find everything that’s apparent in her. This may also create a border line between the lovers; she is almost like three people one that he dreams about, one that he remembers from past memories of love and one who he is waiting for, the real one but absent. It can be argues that she is just a concept, which the voice is trying to find in the world within the world. As Ortega stated that there is a world with a world, thus, from this it can be said that the voice intention may be to search for her by thinking and reflecting, only this way one may reach the deepest self that he or she may be even unaware of.
The voice in this poem trilogy recorded his love life in a monologue like form, since there is no other character speaking directly, merely an implication of a reply from the other side. The first part of trilogy contains 70 poems, which will be addressed as fragments as they all create one poem, one part of the voice journey. Weather the poem was meant for communication with beloved since poems usually carry that implication or simply to create something artificial about her that would not change is dependent to one’s interpretation of the poem. The poetic subject’s initiative goal changed throughout the poem as does his beloved, in order to study his plans in relation to his love the first part of trilogy …show more content…
The very two initial poems are an introduction, which set out a clear idea that he is still looking for the loved one, her being always beyond reach. The first indication of his continuous search for her is given in fragment three, “Detrás, más allá/ También detrás, más atrás de mí te busco” (p111) The speaker here is willing to look beyons and behind her to find everything that’s apparent in her. This may also create a border line between the lovers; she is almost like three people one that he dreams about, one that he remembers from past memories of love and one who he is waiting for, the real one but absent. It can be argues that she is just a concept, which the voice is trying to find in the world within the world. As Ortega stated that there is a world with a world, thus, from this it can be said that the voice intention may be to search for her by thinking and reflecting, only this way one may reach the deepest self that he or she may be even unaware of.