Poetry gives a writer the ability to express their emotions, whilst using the least amount of words. Both ‘El viaje definitivo’ by Juan Ramón Jiménez and ‘En que da moral censura a una Rosa y en ella a sus semejantes’ by Juana Inés de la Cruz, communicate the poets cynical feelings towards the brevity of life. Whilst both poets share one theme, they do not share literary intention, and each poem is able to communicate a different message and meaning. Nature is used in each poem in order to further display their pessimistic views, as well as an interesting choice of language and structure in order to take the reader on very different journeys.
Juan Ramón Jiménez is able to demonstrate the theme of the shortness of life in his poem ‘El viaje …show more content…
In the first stanza he uses repetition of the word ‘y’ in order to emphasis and exaggerate natures unawareness of his death, and further suggest his unimportance. Whereas in the last stanza repetition of the word ‘sin’ is used to highlight the things Juan will be without when he is gone. Despite the first stanza working with the last in order to highlight Juan’s loneliness after death, all the things listed in the last stanza appear insignificant and irrelevant, such as “arbol verde” y “pozo blanco.” This could perhaps suggest that he has nobody to miss, or perhaps his life did not serve much purpose therefore leaving him with nothing worth missing, or he could simply be exaggerating in order to further highlight how negatively he feels about death.
Unlike Juan, much of Juana’s poems display her objection towards the treatment of women and demonstrate the negativity she feels towards her own life, that she feels was influenced by the pettiness of social conformity and convention. Throughout the Spanish Golden Age, the rose was often used a symbol of courtly romance and sexual force. Here the rose could be seen to symbolise the danger of sexual power that women are able to obtain, and use against men through their beauty. However, this later fails due to social expectations of the way in which women are expected to present …show more content…
Humans see roses as an emblem of love and romance, we see its beauty and the stereotypical meaning, and we take it for granted, much like life its self. We fail to recognize that the rose eventually meets its death and we do not appreciate them enough through life, this is emphasized in the last two lines of the poem “con que con docta muerte y necia vida viviendo engañas y muriendo enseñas.” Here is implied that we do not understand the beauty of life until we are faced with death and that we live a foolish life attempting to escape death. Yet when we reach our end, we learn that there was no escape. It is important to the reader that this powerful phrase was placed at the end of the poem, as it acts as a lasting message for the
Juan Ramón Jiménez is able to demonstrate the theme of the shortness of life in his poem ‘El viaje …show more content…
In the first stanza he uses repetition of the word ‘y’ in order to emphasis and exaggerate natures unawareness of his death, and further suggest his unimportance. Whereas in the last stanza repetition of the word ‘sin’ is used to highlight the things Juan will be without when he is gone. Despite the first stanza working with the last in order to highlight Juan’s loneliness after death, all the things listed in the last stanza appear insignificant and irrelevant, such as “arbol verde” y “pozo blanco.” This could perhaps suggest that he has nobody to miss, or perhaps his life did not serve much purpose therefore leaving him with nothing worth missing, or he could simply be exaggerating in order to further highlight how negatively he feels about death.
Unlike Juan, much of Juana’s poems display her objection towards the treatment of women and demonstrate the negativity she feels towards her own life, that she feels was influenced by the pettiness of social conformity and convention. Throughout the Spanish Golden Age, the rose was often used a symbol of courtly romance and sexual force. Here the rose could be seen to symbolise the danger of sexual power that women are able to obtain, and use against men through their beauty. However, this later fails due to social expectations of the way in which women are expected to present …show more content…
Humans see roses as an emblem of love and romance, we see its beauty and the stereotypical meaning, and we take it for granted, much like life its self. We fail to recognize that the rose eventually meets its death and we do not appreciate them enough through life, this is emphasized in the last two lines of the poem “con que con docta muerte y necia vida viviendo engañas y muriendo enseñas.” Here is implied that we do not understand the beauty of life until we are faced with death and that we live a foolish life attempting to escape death. Yet when we reach our end, we learn that there was no escape. It is important to the reader that this powerful phrase was placed at the end of the poem, as it acts as a lasting message for the