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The Black Heralds
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César Vallejo
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The Black Heralds Themes
Little Words, Big Ideas
Violence
Put on your crash helmet, humanity. This could hurt. In "The Black Heralds," violence is used to signify all kinds of human suffering. In fact, even life itself, or the universe, is violent toward...
Suffering
"The Black Heralds" revolves around life and experience being boiled down to a nice, swift kick in the pants. We poor humans can't get a break, and life really weighs us down, if you listen to this...
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
Ooh—you thought you finally found a positive aspect of "The Black Heralds"? Well, wrong-o! No soup for you! Sorry, folks, all dreams, hopes, and plans are made only to be dashed by that mean old...
Religion
Religion, particularly that of the Catholic persuasion, gets it almost as good as it gives in "The Black Heralds." While it causes all sorts of mayhem on poor old human beings, the poem fights back...
