I chose the poem “Mientras por Competir con tu Cabello” by Luis de Gongora because its directly related to the theme of carpe diem which urges people to live their lives to the fullest without concerning for their future. The imagery that stands out in this poem says, “no solo en plata o viola troncada se vuelva, mas tu y ello juntamente en tierra, en humo, en polvo, en sombra, en nada.” This imagery demonstrates the whole purpose of this poem which is to tell everyone that their life, youth, and beauty will eventually fade away; therefore, you must enjoy your life, youth and beauty right now because at some point you will become nothing, you will die. We can see that the speaker introduces the theme of death by saying “en nada” which translates
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I noticed that the translation in English did stay faithful to the original meaning of the poem because they both essentially convey the same emotion and message that you have be grateful for everything you have, especially your youth because as time goes on and on, your youth will go away because we are aging every single second that passes by. The speaker correlates death to aging because when you age, your youth and beauty dies. My partner’s performance when reading this poem, will have a pessimistic perspective that is fearful of aging. While, my performance will have an optimistic perspective in which the speaker is acceptable of reality; the reality that eventually he is going to be aging and dying. I will smile while saying, “Mira tu blanca frente al lilio bello” because the author is telling us that we should look at aging as something that is positive rather than negative because aging is a blessing that not many people receive or even get to enjoy. Aging is very beautiful like a lovely flower. I believe that the speaker wants everyone to enjoy their youth while they can, but also to not be afraid of losing it because even then it will just become another kind of beauty, perhaps silver instead of
I noticed that the translation in English did stay faithful to the original meaning of the poem because they both essentially convey the same emotion and message that you have be grateful for everything you have, especially your youth because as time goes on and on, your youth will go away because we are aging every single second that passes by. The speaker correlates death to aging because when you age, your youth and beauty dies. My partner’s performance when reading this poem, will have a pessimistic perspective that is fearful of aging. While, my performance will have an optimistic perspective in which the speaker is acceptable of reality; the reality that eventually he is going to be aging and dying. I will smile while saying, “Mira tu blanca frente al lilio bello” because the author is telling us that we should look at aging as something that is positive rather than negative because aging is a blessing that not many people receive or even get to enjoy. Aging is very beautiful like a lovely flower. I believe that the speaker wants everyone to enjoy their youth while they can, but also to not be afraid of losing it because even then it will just become another kind of beauty, perhaps silver instead of