Question

own poem about how an Aztec would feel after the fall of Tenochtitlan.

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1. The first poem was written soon after the fall of Tenochti- tlán, around 1523. Its writers were from Tlatelolco, a dis- trict within Tenochtitlán. Tlatelolcans were citizens of Tenochtitlán, but from the founding of Tlatelolco in 1358 until 1473, they had had their own government and royalty. As you can see in this poem, the Tlatelolcans clearly felt distinct from other residents of the city.
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3. The Aztecs are besieged in the city; the Tlatelolcas are besieged in the city! The walls are black, the air is black with smoke, the guns flash in the darkness. They have captured Cuauhtemoc; they have captured the princes of Mexico. The Aztecs are besieged in the city; the Tlatelolcas are besieged in the city! After nine days, they were taken to Coyoacan: Cuauhtemoc, Coanacoch, Tetlepanquetzaltzin. The kings are prisoners now. Tlacotzin consoled them: “Oh my nephews, take heart! The kings are prisoners now; they are bound with chains.” The king Cuauhtemoc replied: “Oh my nephew, you are a prisoner; they have bound you in irons. “But who is that at the side of the Captain-General? Ah, it is Dona Isabel, my little niece! Ah, it is true: the kings are prisoners now! “You will be a slave and belong to another: the collar will be fashioned in Coyoacan, where the quetzal feathers will be woven. “Who is that at the side of the Captain-General? Ah, it is Dona Isabel, my little niece! Ah, it is true: the kings are prisoners now!”
4. • The third poem is written in the tradition the Aztecs called xochicuicatl (pronounced show-chee-kwee-CAH-tul), or “flowers and songs.” Poems of this kind were created by elite poet-philosophers called tlamatinime. The poems were highly philosophical, yet often personal, and the poets presented their ideas in beautiful or powerful images. The word “flower” in these poems is used as a metaphor (a word that is used to refer to something that it is being compared to) for art and poetry. Traditionally, the creators of “flowers and songs” found hope and comfort in art, but this poem is also an icnocuicatl, or “song of sorrow.”
5. The second poem refers to Doña Isabel, a daughter of Montezuma II. After the conquest, Cortés (referred to as the “Captain-General” in the poem) set up a house in Coyoacan and brought his interpreter and mistress, Mal- inche (c. 1501–c. 1550; see entry), to live with him. Then, as was customary for a victor in battle, he brought the daughters of the fallen Aztec ruler into his own household. Montezuma’s daughters were Doña Isabel, Doña Maria, Doña Ana, and Doña Marina. Doña Isabel would later become pregnant with Cortés’s baby.