Analysis of Mystical Poetry

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Victor Salazar
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Analysis of mystical poetry
1. Choose a poem by Saint Teresa of Jesus or Saint John of the Cross, from among
those that appear in the two files uploaded for this week.
Poem to work on is “I LIVE WITHOUT LIVING IN ME” - Saint Teresa of Jesus.
2. Once you have read the poem, write a paragraph in which you can explain the topic
that the poet addresses in that text. Remember that the metaphorical level is more
complex in mystical poetry. In this poetry, allusion is made to experiences that are
not common to all human beings, therefore, the literal meaning of the poem must be
overcome. One reality is mentioned to refer to another; For example, Saint John
speaks of the beloved and the Beloved, and one might think that he refers to a
human couple, but in reality he refers to the soul (beloved) and God (Beloved).
The theme of the poem talks about a perfect attachment that exists with God, but that wants to
realize it by leaving life aside, so it wants to die to be able to join God. These deep desires are
not allowed to be achieved in her life in the physical world since she feels trapped in a field full
of bad thoughts, sadness, etc. In short, what she wants is to die to live fully spiritually.
3. Comment a) if the approach to the topic is intellectual or emotional; b) try to
understand and explain what the lyrical speaker renounces, what he detaches from
and what he longs for; c) indicate which literary figures he uses to express the latter.
A) The writer of the poem expresses many feelings, for this reason it is something
emotional. Example the desire to reach God.
B) The lyrical speaker wants to leave his physical body and his way of life since he thinks
they keep him away from what would make a perfect union with God. As a religious
person leaves behind all types of activities that distance him from his communion with
the Almighty, he believes that he has a call from God to be part of his service. Death is
his main motivation to achieve his true life, since the objective is to leave the earthly and
achieve inner peace by living with Him.
C) For its expression it uses the following literary figures:
 Antithesis or contrast
“I die because I don't die”
He makes an association of opposing concepts that are life and death, since his main desire is to
die in order to meet the Lord.
 Hyperbole
“heavier than steel”
The writer refers to the burden that she carries every day in life, since this makes her move
further away from communion with God, so through this quote you can read how she uses this
figure to exaggerate that she can no longer handle it anymore. his earthly life.
 Paradox
It unites contradictory ideas in the same thought, so there is a deep feeling of ending one's
life, its true essence is dying for union with God.
 Alliteration in several verses below
"I live without living in my"
“true life”
These various quotes want to convey the central message of what the poem is, that she lives a
life without meaning in this world and that a death with a reach to the Lord would be better, she
wants to reach another level of spirituality, that is, how she does it. says a true life.
4. Review and communicate if the poem follows the canons of Renaissance poetry (type of
verse, stanzas, meter) or if it is different from this canon.
The poem is made up of verses with minor art, since all of these are 8 syllables throughout the
poem (octosyllables), which is why it is a characteristic used within the Renaissance. These 59
verses make up a head and follow-up verses of link, return and chorus, as a characteristic of the
rhythmic Christmas carol. (Quesada, 2014)
The rhyme is consonant but each stanza has the same metric scheme
Two random verses:
A/que/lla/ vi/da/ de a/rri/ba, 8 syllables
What is/ la/ vi/da/ ver/da/de/ra, 8 syllables
5. Share the reflection-impression that this poem has caused you.

This poem is a pure expression of the love that the author has with God, what she longs for and
hopes most is for her earthly life to end so that she can share an eternity with the almighty, whom
she admires and cannot wait to meet. , since her life on earth has no meaning because there is no
connection between her being and where she lives, what she wants is to be in a divine world with
the being she loves so much, it can also be noted that Saint Teresa is ready to be part of the life
of God even if this means ending your earthly life; waiting to find divinity, in this new world,
thinking that after death there is life, and this life is what she hopes for, remaining with God.
From my point of view, this poem invites us to reflect on this pure and unique love that the
author has for God, since this being, who is all powerful, is the end of everything, for people who
believe in him, it is a welcome to the community to thank and accept everything that is given to
us, everything that the almighty does for us is for our good, the teachings that he gives us
throughout life are obstacles for us to accept and overcome things better; that we do not leave
life goals or dreams aside, but that we achieve them so that we can reach an internal inspiration
of everything we can do in our lives.
References
Quesada, M. (03 de Febrero de 2014). blogspot. Recuperado el 20 de Septiembre de 2017, de blogspot:
http://maqusp.blogspot.com/2014/02/literatura-y-mujer-comentario-del-poema_3.html

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Analysis of mystical poetry

Poem to work on is “I LIVE WITHOUT LIVING IN ME” - Saint Teresa of Jesus.

emotional. Example the desire to reach God.

achieve inner peace by living with Him.

C) For its expression it uses the following literary figures:

“I die because I don't die”

die in order to meet the Lord.

“heavier than steel”

life, its true essence is dying for union with God.

 Alliteration in several verses below

"I live without living in my"

“I die because I don't die”

5. Share the reflection-impression that this poem has caused you.

of everything we can do in our lives.

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