It seems to me that Mozart could be an angel because of his artistic skill. The Poem we read portrays this nicely. He would be the youngest angel, because while all other angels have been around since the creation of the heavens, they would have no choice but to accept mozart due to his prowess. Mozart could do what no other man could do and because of that he rose above man and became heavenly.
This goes very nicely with Marti's opposite of ornate and rhetoric poem saying that expressing yourself through an artistic avenue is the only way to achieve success, everyone else falls to the earth and is destroyed as a mortal.
In light of this i have written a haiku
if angels are harmony
and sing all day long
hendrix must be in heaven
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Interesting that you should compare these two poems. As different as they may be, there is something in common here. I would be careful with the word "successful" though. Success in the traditional material sense is something with which they are less concerned. I think that they are both perceiving artistic expression as an avenue by which to transcend the day to day concerns of success and failure.
I think that it's interesting how you compare Mozart to an angel for his artistic skill. I agree that Mozart would be the youngest angel when admitted to heaven because Mozart was 35 when he died and that seems pretty young. Beethoven was 56 when he died and even that's not very old. I think that Mozart was accepted into heaven in such an extravagant fashion because he is considered to be one of the most accomplished musicians of all time. I would say for it's time, this poem was different compared to traditional poetry in this time period in Latin American Literature. Most poets do not talk about the death of great musicians or other historical figures in such detail. No other poem I've ever read has described someone like Mozart being admitted into heaven.
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