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Jose Chocano

Quien Sabe + Nostalgia

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When was Jose Santos Chocano born? 1875
When did Chocano die? 1934
Where was Jose born? Peru
What kind of life (la vida) did he have? Tumultuous (tumultuosa) - Like a dramatic novel
What did he do a lot? Travel (viajar)
Where did he travel? Latin America + Spain
What does Chocano tell of in his poems? He tells of (cantar) the deeds (hazanas) of his people.
What does Chocano describe? American nature (la naturaleza) - volcanoes, Andean mountains, and mysterious jungles
What does Chocano feel like? He feels Inca. He wants to be both (a la vez) native (indio) and Spanish.
Where does his fusion of races come from? One of his grandmothers descends from a Spanish captain and the other descends from an Inca family.
What does his poet's voice (el voz del poeta) come from? A mestizo (mixed race) who knew his land (tierra) and his people.
What did Chocano say about his geography? Walt Whitman has the North, but I have the South.
What does he declare himself the same as? A singer (cantor) wild (salvaje) and indigenous (autoctono) of spanish-speaking America.
What is the fragment of the poem part of? Three Notes of the Indian Soul (Tres notas del alma indigena)
Who does Chocano talk to in the poem? He speaks to the Indian of today.
What does Chocano ask? If the Indians forgot the greatness of their past, when the Indians were landlords (duenos) in the Americas.
What is the answer (respuesta)? Who knows? - Quien sabe? It signifies that he refuses to say (niega a opinar). It is a typical answer of the Indians.
What kind of tone is the poem? Romantic tone and autobiographic theme. It reflects his tumultuous life.
Created by: FreeThinker
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