Alejandra Pizarnik: the bird that was cage

Abstract

It is well known the relation –sometimes deceiving– that has been established by poets between literature and life. In the case of cursed poets, literature and life usually identify with each other, and talking about Alejandra Pizarnik, we could even establish this relation between literature and death, thus nothing is more daily than life. With this essay we try to identify the threads that converge and interweave the verses and the life, to be wandering and at the same time a prisoner, to have wings but stay in a cage, the confinement in a wandering reality. We will analyse the poetic individual and, at the same time, the construction of a character in life.

Keywords

• alejandra pizarnik
• poesía
• vida
• encierro
• jaula
• refugio
• pájaro