Trilce (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: César Vallejo
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Poetic sequence
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric sequence
- Subjects: Children, Suffering, Prisons, Abandoned children, Victims, Pain, City life, Survivalism, Orphans or orphanages, South America or South Americans, Time, Trinity
The Poem
Trilce is a collection of seventy-seven poems brought together in a poetic sequence. The poems do not have titles; instead, each poem is headed by a Roman numeral. Although Trilce was virtually ignored upon its publication, it was later understood to be one of the principal poetic texts of the twentieth century. Its opaque and intentionally contradictory use of language baffled early readers. It remains a difficult, but by no means impossible, work. An awareness of César Vallejo’s struggle to create an entirely new poetic language helps the reader to...
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