By reintroducing the death motif, the poem creates a new atmosphere of optimism where the celebration of life’s resilience post major calamities.

This device details historical processes like great pandemics in the past which had affected the author.

Through its consistent references, death links the work to reinforce the ineffability of human life, highlighting the character’s frustration with their role within faceless masses.

It focuses critically on indigenous cultures and funeral rituals practiced in different regions of South America.