{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"C\u00e9sar Vallejo #02 - Trilce XX","description":"\n Vallejo\u2019s second collection of poems, Trilce, does not bear\n any other titles than roman numerals. There do not appear to be any\n organic sequences in the collection, however, numerous scholars have\n pointed out that certain poems can be grouped together, based on their\n thematic content, the poetic devices employed & biographical data\n that has been acquired over the last 80 years or so. Concerning this\n last category, it\u2019s important to know that about one third of the poems\n in Trilce were written in the Trujillo jail, where Vallejo\n had been imprisoned on trumped up charges of \u201cintellectual\n instigation\u201d. In its totality, the theme of the jail takes on a\n monumental role & allows the poet to explore the idea of\n incarceration not only as a personal experience, but as an existential\n condition as well. Trilce XX is one of these \u2018jail poems\u2019.\n It\u2019s also noteworthy that this theme also receives expression in\n Vallejo\u2019s last publication before expatriating\u2013 Escalas (Scales) \u2013where a series of prose poems can be seen as a very close link to the poetic exploration that takes place in Trilce. \n","author_name":"The Smelting Process Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.jwmulligan.wordpress.com","html":"