Caña
Nicolás Guillén * Track #3 On Sóngoro cosongo
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Caña by Nicolás Guillén
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In this poem by Nicolás Guillén, the poet reflects on the exploitative and cruel legacy of the sugar plantations in Cuba in particular, but that of Latin America as well. Throughout the poem, he uses prepositions such as “in” or “next to”, “over” or “above” and “under” or “beneath” used metaphorical...
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Caña Annotated
El negro
junto al cañaveral.
El yanqui
sobre el cañaveral.
La tierra
bajo el cañaveral.
¡Sangre
que se nos va!