Patiño Salazar, Blanca Nubia2013-10-222013-10-2220122256-3911http://hdl.handle.net/10567/1003This paper analyzes the presence of the lyrical me and the use of the mask in four poems: “El oficio de vestirse” (The business of getting dressed), “Sobran palabras” (Too many words), “Patas arriba con la vida” (Upside down with life) and “El oficio de vivir” (The business of living), which are all included in the work Tengo miedo (I am afraid, poetry, 1976-1982) by María Mercedes Carranza (1945-2003).esCorporación Universitaria LasallistaFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y EducaciónLenguaje escritoPoesíaPoesía contemporaneaMaría Mercedes CarranzaArticle