Alfonsina Storni

"Peso Ancestral" by Alfonsina Storni explores the burden of repressed emotions in men and the consequent emotional labor imposed on women. The poem's speaker reflects on the cultural expectation that...

The poem makes many comparisons between the speaker and the following: mother of pearl, a lily, and perfume. The poem also contains similes. Similes are comparisons between two things using "like" or...