The aim of this thesis is to introduce concepts of emptiness and silence in collection of poetry The black heralds (Los heraldos negros) by peruvian author César Vallejo. The first part of the thesis captures life events that influenced author s personality and his poetic style.
Both of them are well reflected in verses from the first collection. The following section deals with specific analysis of poems and it s main focus is to detect concept of emptiness and silence in them.