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Song of the Juggler Response

The poem "Song of the Juggler" is a poem about how freedom of expression goes against Castro's policies in Cuba and that this has been going on for a certain period of time. As we know, Castro was very careful in allowing any form of freedom especially those that went against the revolution. The poem shows how poetry in itself or other forms of speech are not allowed by the Cuban government under Castro. The end of the poem also suggests that in this war between freedom of expression and Castro's limiting policies, expression is slowly starting to win and going against the governmental system is starting to become more frequent and successful.

The poem uses the metaphors of the juggler's song and a general's forces and compares them to the people's efforts to express themselves and expose the government, and Castro's policies respectively. The battle that the poem talks about is the conflict by these two groups in but the lines which the poems end to regarding how the general's orders are less followed shows how the people of Cuba are slowly becoming more successful in expressing themselves and exposing Castro's oppressive regime.