A poetic vision of the caribbean in Gómez Jattin’s poetry

Abstract

This article is focused on the perception of the Caribbean through Gómez Jattin´s poetry. It shows how the poet recreates cultural aspects represented in music and its incidence in ways of thinking and attitudes towards reality, for the Caribbean man uses music as a way of explaining his world, as shown by the observation of the diverse musical manifestations throughout the Caribbean culture. It also highlights zoophilia as an affirmation of the ways of living or the dream of the telluric ambit from sunsets, fruits of the earth, and the idealization of such towns as San Pelayo and Cereté. From this perspective, Gómez Jattin´s poetry exalts the meaning end essence of being Caribbean through history and its cultural transcendence.