Hombres necios

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Hombres necios

poetry by Sor Juana inés de la Cruz

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Writings: Themes, style, and significance
Her famous poem “Hombres necios” (“Foolish Men”) accuses men of the illogical behavior that they criticize in women. Her many love poems in the first person show a woman’s desengaño (disillusionment) with love, given the strife, pain, jealousy, and loneliness that it occasions. Other first-person poems have an…
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Her famous poem “Hombres necios” (“Foolish Men”) accuses men of the illogical behavior that they criticize in women. Her many love poems in the first person show a woman’s desengaño (disillusionment) with love, given the strife, pain, jealousy, and loneliness that it occasions. Other first-person poems have an…
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