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Maria Teresa Horta, “Song for a Woman who was Killed While she Slept” Midterm compositions will be 2-3 pages in length (double-spaced, 12-point font, with normal margins, Times New Roman).The composition should offer your original interpretation of one poem that we havestudied in class (i.e. Maragall’s Ode to Spain, a poem from Marca(da) España or Bone Lonely, or one by Maria Teresa Horta). Compositions should emphasize textual analysis and argumentation rather than summarizing of the text. Supporting quotations from the poem being analyzed should be used to advance your particular interpretation, not pad the composition.For example, if you choose to write on the figure of “Mother Spain” in Maragall’s Ode to Spain, you do not necessarily need to explain how long the poem is, or delve into Margall’s biography, or quote from sections of the poem that don’t have to do with “Mother Spain.”Midterm compositions do not require additional citation of secondary sources, unless you believe that these secondary sources are useful in helping advance your interpretation.Compositions should not be autobiographical in nature, or relate the content of the poem to your lived experience or personal backstory. While personal experience may inspire you to analyze a particular poem, what we are looking for is your in

terpretation of the text itself.We encourage you to contact Alba or us by email or during office hours if you have questions about the midterm composition, or would like to go over a potential topic.Answer Preview…………………….The ‘Song for a Woman who was killed while she slept’ is a poem by Maria Horta that talks about a man who killed his wife while asleep.  The woman was in a deep sleep with her boy child when her husband who worked abroad, that is, France, came back home. It is so unfortunate that instead of bringing his family some gifts because of being away from them he comes with planned murder.  This is much ironical. The woman was much exhausted, and hence, stretched herself on the bed. She might have been exhausted because of doing household chores and taking care of the small child. The woman never expected her husband to any anything harmful to her.  But, there the husband comes with an axe on his hand. This symbolizes that something would go wrong, that is, something would be split into pieces. An axe is usually used in splitting firewood but not to joining pieces. As the husband lifted the axe, his hands were trembling and shaking. This is a good indicator that what he was doing was not a moral act, but rather, unjustified act. By then he……………………..APA 574 words
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