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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CREOLE TRIPTYCH: 3. THE GAUCHO, by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO First Line: He is the pampa's very own, - a bit Last Line: Or reaches onward as a hope betrayed. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers | |||
HE is the Pampa's very own,—a bit Of her brave soil that spread beneath the sun; Wanting a savage steed, he bridles one To herd his cattle,—his the arm for it. Then to the sound of his guitar will sit In his belovéd's arms, his toiling done, And pour an anguished chant to twirl and run Like his lassoo, his sad lament to fit. The Pampa is the frame that bounds the thirst The gaucho feels in his desire to break The weariness with which the land seems cursed; Its green monotony afar displayed Seems where some great fatigue its rest would take, Or reaches onward as a hope betrayed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV A CREOLE TRIPTYCH: 1. THE DANDY by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO |
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