Alfonsina Storni wrote poetry about love, sexuality, motherhood, work and the social expectations imposed on women in early twentieth-century Latin America. Collections such as El dulce daño and Ocre move from romantic and confessional modes towards sharper irony and formal experimentation. Her poem Tú me quieres blanca directly challenges unequal standards of purity placed on women, while later work becomes darker and more introspective. Storni's poetry is personal but often openly argumentative. Useful catalogue terms include Argentine poetry, feminist literary history, modernismo and early twentieth-century Spanish-language verse. Read more Less
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