Miguel Hernandez

Born 10/30/1910 in Spain Grew up in poverty Never received a formal

education

Married on 3/9/1937 Sentenced to life in prison Died in prison in 1942 of TB

Miguel in Jail
Arrested in 1939 while trying
to escape to Portugal

Miguel wrote his most

important poems when in jail

Death, All Riddled With

Holes was written when Miguel was in jail

Our Color Marking

https://docs.google.com/a/new arka.edu/document/d/1bWGP9I I7JEtgq4Teo1tQ81dZHP91CYX oaQGeyDyJ2-A/edit

Discussion Questions
1. What is the tone of the poem? Although the speaker is talking to death, is it sad? 2. What images are most important in the poem? Do the important images have a more important meaning? 3. Which words are most important? Why are they used instead of other, more simple ones? 4. This poem was translated from Spanish. How do you think it would be different in its original language?