Abstract
Vicente Aleixandre has often described his early poetry in overtly physical terms, likening it to the voicing of a primary erotic energy linking body and world. Still, little has been written regarding Aleixandre's expressed artistic views and the erotic imagery presented in his poems. This article examines Aleixandre's depictions of the erotic in selected poems from Espadas como labios and La destruccion o el amor in light of his views about poetic creation. Through an analysis of images of sexual union, transgression, sacrifice and physical wounding we discover that for Aleixandre the erotic fusion of body and world, self and other serves as a metaphor for the destructive desire that he connects with the writing of poetry.
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