Summary of the poor old lady

The poor old lady is one of the best stories of Rafael Pombo in which an irony is made about an old woman who has everything, all the comforts, all the luxuries. However, he is presented as “poor” to imply the opposite. In this summary of the poor old lady we will not take apart from this story rhyme poem, but we will synthesize them in the main idea.

A Colombian literary work

The poor little old lady had all the delicacies, she had everything to eat.
The poor old woman had a beautiful house.
The poor little old lady cared for many people.
The poor old lady had the best sofas, the best bed,
The poor old lady had the best suits to wear, the best shoes, and all in quantity.
In the end the poor old man dies of old age and leaves a great inheritance.

To all this Pombo prefers the opposite to the beginning of each verse.For example … I had nothing to eat, but …

That’s it, as you can see, it’s very short. Even more than summary we could rather talk about the main ideas around which revolves this beautiful poem by the Colombian writer Rafael Pombo.

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