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Gabriela Mistral

Robyn Gorham & Ashlee Grey

Background Information

Gabriela Mistral was born on April 7th, 1889 and died on January 10th, 1957.
Her real name is Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, but she goes under the name Gabriela Mistral.
She was originally from Chile, which plays a strong role later in her poetry.
Aside from being a poet, Mistral was also a educator, diplomat, and a feminist.
She was also a very religious woman, and you can really tell in her poetry.
In 1945, she was the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
She wrote her first poem after meeting a fellow well-known poet Pablo Neruda.

Background Information (Continued…)

Mistral experienced a lot of tragedy in her life.
When she was three years old, her father left her and her family to live on their own.
When she was sixteen years old, she had a job as a teacher’s aide to help support her mother.
When she was seventeen years old, she met the love of her life, Romeo Ureta.
Mistral was completely devastated though, when Romeo had committed suicide after only three years of knowing each other (1909).
Later on, Gabriela lost even more when her nephew that she was very close to also committed suicide when he was seventeen.
From all of this however, she became a wonderful writer.

I am Not Alone

The night, it is deserted
from the mountains to the sea.
But I, the one who rocks you,
I am not alone!
The sky, it is deserted
for the moon falls to the sea.
But I, the one who holds you,
I am not alone !
The world, it is deserted.
All flesh is sad you see.
But I, the one who hugs you,
I am not alone!

Creed

The Stranger

The Shining Host

Anniversary

To See Him Again

Analysis of To See Him Again

Summary: This poem is describing the feeling of despair over the loss of someone who was close to the writer’s heart. It does not matter when or where or what she has to do, she will give anything to see him again.
Poetic Devices:
Personification- “Or beneath the forest's luxuriant, raveled tresses.” In this line, the tree’s leaves are being described as human hair or tresses.
Symbolism: “United in one anguished knot.” This symbolizes that no matter how painful she wants to be when with him.
Theme: lost love.
Imagery:
“Not on nights filled with quivering stars, or during dawn's maiden brightness”
‘Or at the edge of a pale path that encircles the farmlands,’

Tiny Feet

Analysis of Tiny Feet

Summary: This poem is about how each child has the potential to be anything they want to be, but adults sometimes ignore it. Children represent our hope for the future, and if adults do not encourage, support or become a positive influence on them, the future would be hopeless.
Poetic Devices:
Symbolism: The phrase “tiny feet” represents the journey of life that children live.
Alliteration: Man, being blind, ignores that where you step, you leave A blossom of bright light, that where you have placed your bleeding little soles a redolent tuberose grows.
Theme: Potential and influence.
Imagery:
“A child's tiny feet, Blue, blue with cold,”
“that where you step, you leave A blossom of bright light,”

Those Who Do Not Dance

Discussion

Do you agree with Gabriela Mistral that you do not have to physically dance to experience the feeling of dance?
What do you think that the fourth stanza of “Those Who do Not Dance” means?
How do you think that the phrase “And the heart of him who joins us not Is turned to dust, to dust” applies to each of us?

Bibliography

http://www.poetseers.org/nobel_prize_for_literature/gab/
http://www.biographyonline.net/poets/gabriela_mistral.html
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/gabriela_mistral/photo

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Gabriela Mistral Robyn Gorham & Ashlee Grey

Gabriela Mistral

Robyn Gorham & Ashlee Grey

Background Information

Gabriela Mistral was born on April 7th, 1889 and died on January 10th, 1957.

Her real name is Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, but she goes under the name Gabriela Mistral.

She was originally from Chile, which plays a strong role later in her poetry.

Aside from being a poet, Mistral was also a educator, diplomat, and a feminist.

She was also a very religious woman, and you can really tell in her poetry.

In 1945, she was the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.

She wrote her first poem after meeting a fellow well-known poet Pablo Neruda.

Background Information (Continued…)

Mistral experienced a lot of tragedy in her life.

When she was three years old, her father left her and her family to live on their own.

When she was sixteen years old, she had a job as a teacher’s aide to help support her mother.

When she was seventeen years old, she met the love of her life, Romeo Ureta.

Mistral was completely devastated though, when Romeo had committed suicide after only three years of knowing each other (1909).

Later on, Gabriela lost even more when her nephew that she was very close to also committed suicide when he was seventeen.

From all of this however, she became a wonderful writer.

I am Not Alone

The night, it is deserted

from the mountains to the sea.

But I, the one who rocks you,

I am not alone!

The sky, it is deserted

for the moon falls to the sea.

But I, the one who holds you,

I am not alone !

The world, it is deserted.

All flesh is sad you see.

But I, the one who hugs you,

I am not alone!

Creed

The Stranger

The Shining Host

Anniversary

To See Him Again

Analysis of To See Him Again

Summary: This poem is describing the feeling of despair over the loss of someone who was close to the writer’s heart. It does not matter when or where or what she has to do, she will give anything to see him again.

Poetic Devices:

Personification- “Or beneath the forest's luxuriant, raveled tresses.” In this line, the tree’s leaves are being described as human hair or tresses.

Symbolism: “United in one anguished knot.” This symbolizes that no matter how painful she wants to be when with him.

Theme: lost love.

Imagery:

“Not on nights filled with quivering stars, or during dawn's maiden brightness”

‘Or at the edge of a pale path that encircles the farmlands,’

Tiny Feet

Analysis of Tiny Feet

Summary: This poem is about how each child has the potential to be anything they want to be, but adults sometimes ignore it. Children represent our hope for the future, and if adults do not encourage, support or become a positive influence on them, the future would be hopeless.

Poetic Devices:

Symbolism: The phrase “tiny feet” represents the journey of life that children live.

Alliteration: Man, being blind, ignores that where you step, you leave A blossom of bright light, that where you have placed your bleeding little soles a redolent tuberose grows.

Theme: Potential and influence.

Imagery:

“A child's tiny feet, Blue, blue with cold,”

“that where you step, you leave A blossom of bright light,”

Those Who Do Not Dance

Discussion

Do you agree with Gabriela Mistral that you do not have to physically dance to experience the feeling of dance?

What do you think that the fourth stanza of “Those Who do Not Dance” means?

How do you think that the phrase “And the heart of him who joins us not Is turned to dust, to dust” applies to each of us?

Bibliography

http://www.poetseers.org/nobel_prize_for_literature/gab/

http://www.biographyonline.net/poets/gabriela_mistral.html

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/gabriela_mistral/photo