Pablo Neruda at eNotes

How can I write a critical essay of "Tonight I Can Write"?

[Poetry is based on personal responses: these are my own perceptions of Neruda's poem.] In Neruda's poem "Lost in the forest," my understanding of the poem in its entirety comes from the resolution in the last stanza. In this verse, Neruda employs a great deal of imagery from nature. Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twig  and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:  maybe it was the voice of the rain crying,  a cracked bell, or a...

What metaphors are there in "Ode to a beautiful nude"?

What does the last line, "The moon lives in the lining of your skin" in "Ode to a beautiful nude" mean?

What can you say about the meter in "Ode to a Beautiful Nude"?

What does the fifth stanza in "Ode to a Beautiful Nude" mean?

What is the point of view in this poem? (What tone/attitude is he displaying in this poem?)

What is the thesis of "Shakespeare, Prince of Light" by Pablo Neruda?

What are the sources of good writing according to "Tonight I Can Write" by Pablo Neruda?

This poem points towards the source of good poetry being a deep dissatisfaction that abides within the soul, which expresses itself in some of the most exquisite lines in all love poetry. The speaker in this poem writes, as he himself acknowledges, "the saddest lines" because he loves his love but has lost her, and he is faced with the torturous memories that he has of their time together and the feelings of sadness at grief at the end of...

What is the point of view in this poem? (What tone/attitude is he displaying in this poem?)

What is the thesis of "Shakespeare, Prince of Light" by Pablo Neruda?

What are the sources of good writing according to "Tonight I Can Write" by Pablo Neruda?

"We Are Many" has been called a "geography of self" poem. What do you think the term means?

The poet has dug deep within his self. His introspection has unraveled some unexpected facts about himself. He has discovered that he is not simply a single being! In fact, there are many persons that he is made up of. They are lost to me under the cover of clothing The metaphor of ‘geography of self’ is an unusually apt one that describes best the self-exploration of diverse facets of the poet's personality. Geography is a discipline of...

Are the last five lines of the poem "I'm explaining a few things" by Neruda more effective in English or Spanish?

This is a great question, which has as much to do with pragmatics and semantics as with the formation of the words and the effectiveness with which they command the attention of the reader. The study of "pragmatics" refers to the appropriate use of language in different contexts. In this case, the final sentences of the poem (in English) are: Come and see the blood in the streets.Come and seeThe blood in the streets.Come and see the bloodIn...

Explain Pablo Neruda's poem "Ode to Tomatoes".

An ode is a classical form that traditionally deals with a grand or important topic. Pablo Neruda's poem "Ode to Tomatoes", like the paradoxical encomium, applies this genre to a homely subject, a common food and cooking ingredient that is an essential element of the cuisine of his native Chile. Neruda himself was a communist, with strong sentimental ties to the working people and the oppressed peasants and indigenous peoples of small...

This is a poem in praise of the female form and as the speaker in this poem gazes upon the nude who the poem is dedicated to, the tone of wonder, awe and amazement is clear as he contemplates what is to him such pure and unfettered beauty. The whole poem therefore is based around trying to describe this form and the beauty that it holds. In the fourth stanza, for example, the speaker questions of what substance the body of the nude consists to...

How can I write a critical essay of "Tonight I Can Write"?

[Poetry is based on personal responses: these are my own perceptions of...

What metaphors are there in "Ode to a beautiful nude"?

What does the last line, "The moon lives in the lining of your skin" in...

What can you say about the meter in "Ode to a Beautiful Nude"?

What does the fifth stanza in "Ode to a Beautiful Nude" mean?

What is the point of view in this poem? (What tone/attitude is he...

What is the thesis of "Shakespeare, Prince of Light" by Pablo Neruda?

What are the sources of good writing according to "Tonight I Can Write"...

This poem points towards the source of good poetry being a deep...

What is the point of view in this poem? (What tone/attitude is he...

What is the thesis of "Shakespeare, Prince of Light" by Pablo Neruda?

What are the sources of good writing according to "Tonight I Can Write"...

"We Are Many" has been called a "geography of self" poem. What do you...

The poet has dug deep within his self. His introspection has unraveled...

Are the last five lines of the poem "I'm explaining a few things" by...

This is a great question, which has as much to do with pragmatics and...

Explain Pablo Neruda's poem "Ode to Tomatoes".

An ode is a classical form that traditionally deals with a grand or...

This is a poem in praise of the female form and as the speaker in this...