The Heights of Macchu Picchu (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Nature, Native Americans or American Indians, Christianity, City life, Death or dying, Conquest, South America or South Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Cities or towns, Incas, Conquistadors
The Poem
The Heights of Macchu Picchu is a long narrative poem forming book 2 of Pablo Neruda’s monumental choral epic, Canto general (general song), a text comprising 250 poems and organized into twelve major divisions, or cantos. The theme of Canto general is humankind’s struggle for justice in the New World. “The Heights of Macchu Picchu” is itself divided into twelve sections; it is written in free verse.
The poet, adopting the persona of the native South American man, walks among the ruins of the great Inca city Macchu Picchu, built high...
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