In one of this man's poems, the speaker describes traveling along his lover's body and repeatedly alludes to water, saying "I travel through your waist as through a river." That poem by this writer begins by describing "a willow of crystal, a poplar of water" and contains the same number of lines as days in the Aztec calendar. This author wrote a biography of Juana Ines de la Cruz subtitled The Tr
In one of this man's poems, the speaker describes traveling along his lover's body and repeatedly alludes to water, saying "I travel through your waist as through a river." That poem by this writer begins by describing "a willow of crystal, a poplar of water" and contains the same number of lines as days in the Aztec calendar. This author wrote a biography of Juana Ines de la Cruz subtitled The Traps of Faith, and he also authored an essay collection containing "The Sons of La Malinche" and "The Day of the Dead." For 10 points, identify this Mexican author of The Labyrinth of Solitude and "Sunstone."
In one of this man's poems, the speaker describes traveling along his lover's body and repeatedly alludes to water, saying "I travel through your waist as through a river."
Octavio Paz