This poem won its author first prize at the 1914 Juegos Florales contest.
This poem won its author first prize at the 1914 Juegos Florales contest. In the second section, the narrator claims the addressee will experience a sinking feeling as another sleeper arrives in the tranquil city, and promises they will be reunited. It begins as the narrator takes the addressee from the "icy abyss," and places him in the warm earth. Later in the work, with the line, "I cannot cry for you; I cannot follow you!" the poet laments her lost love. For 10 points-- name this three-part poem, the first major published work of Gabriela Mistral.
This poem won its author first prize at the 1914 Juegos Florales contest.
{Sonnets of Death} or {Sonetos de la Muerte}