Analysis Of Death Alone By Neruda

‘And How Long?’ and ‘Death Alone’ present the emotion of accepting mortality. He interprets this idea of loss and hopelessness through tone, expressing his frustration of life and being alone. Letting us understand the limitations of human beings and the inevitability of death. Neruda expresses his curiosity and impacts of surroundings, which leads him to the idea of hope in death. This highlights the overall acceptance of mortality and the hope and desire it brings.

In ‘Death Alone’, the title conveys the state of depression that Neruda had suffered from. The title itself suggests how everyone will die alone, and how he can only think of death. “I see, when alone at times” supports the title because when he is alone he only thinks of death. This shows how he is searching for the overall meaning of death and tries to understand this question of mankind. ‘Alone’ in the title shows how death is imminent and we continue to think of it when we are by ourselves. Neruda wrote this title because he wants us to understand how he can only think of this one thing – death, and the overall idea of how we should understand our own demise. Colour symbols are widely used throughout the poem. When Neruda described “the face of death” as “green”, the idea of green being hope is used to …show more content…
This suggests that they may have esoteric knowledge which emphasizes the point that they should know the answer as they have constant contact with dead bodies. However, these “ashy specialist” only knew how “to burn me”. This shows how those who spend so much time with the dead do not learn anything and does not understand or know the meaning of life and only know how to “burn”. This emphasizes on Neruda’s intention of how those who even work with the dead will never be able to accept the fact that dying is our destiny. And those who are specialists such as the “priests” and “doctors” don’t even know it