Tiny Feet

(GABRIELA MISTRAL)
 Background Information of Gabriela Mistral
• Gabriela was born on April 7th, 1889 and died on January 10th ,1957

• Her real name is Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga but she goes under the name

Gabriela Mistral

• She was originally from Chile, which plays a strong role later in poetry

• Aside from being a poet, Mistral was also a educator, diplomat, and a

feminist.

• In 1945, she was the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature

• She was also a very religious woman, and you can really tell in her poetry.
 Background Information (Continuation)
• Mistral experienced a lot of tragedy in her life.

• When she was three years old, her father left her and her family to live on their own.

• When she was sixteen years old, she had a job as a teacher’s aide to help support her mother.

• When she was seventeen years old, she met the love of her life, Romeo Ureta.

• Mistral was completely devastated though, when Romeo had committed suicide after only
three years of knowing each other(1909).

• Later on, Gabriela lost even more when her nephew that she was very close to also committed
suicide when she was seventeen.

• From all of this however, Gabriela became a wonderful writer.

Analysis
Summary. This poem is about how each child has the potential to
be anything they want to be, but adults sometimes ignore it.
Children represent our hope for the future, and if adults do not
encourage, support or become a positive influence on them, the
future would be hopeless.