Pentachrome - Julia de Burgos

Pentachrome follows a similar theme to other poems that we have already read.  It talks about how a poet can be what they want to be when they are writing.  This goes along with Ars Poetica in that a poet can create what they want to create.  When I wrote about Ars Poetica it was commented that similar situations would come as the course developed.  This is definitely the case here and I again like the poem as it is not all the hard to understand.  The first five stanzas are all relatively on the same track of a poet feeling free when they are writing and being whatever they want.  The odd part of this poem is that Julia de Burgos is talking about being a man in every one of these stanzas.  Here I get the feeling that she feels limited being a woman and would enjoy having the experiences of being a General, Hero, Bandit, or Laborer.  The last stanza is the toughest but I believe that is simply exemplifying the fact that she wishes she could have some of these experiences.  She states more exciting things that she could do if she were a man and then says that she would "rape Julia de Burgos" her current self.  This is a pretty clear statement that she thinks a lot more can be accomplished by the masculine gender and that he being female may be holding her back.