Your Shoulders Carry the World / Selected Poems
Brazilian poet Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987) opposed the stereotypical narrative features of traditional poetry with a simple language reminiscent of Walt Whitman's poetry based on daily life.
He managed to become a sensitive and rational master of innovation, and in his poems inspired by both his childhood experiences and the problems created by social injustice in his country, he wrote about the lack of communication and relationships between people.
He expressed his absurdity with a subtle sarcasm.
This introverted and humble poet's most personal
Even when he addressed the problems, he did not ignore the connections between them and universal and social problems. Just as Pablo Neruda expressed his role as the spokesperson of the common man in Latin America with a loud poem, Drummond de Andrade identified with the common man and immortalized his problems with his own unique lyricism.