If You Forget Me Pablo Neruda Analysis

“If You Forget Me” and “The Great Slob”
Poetry is a form of literature that uses rhythmic language with imagery to produce a written work that communicates what the poet is thinking or feeling to their audience. Two most notable poets that have had a huge impact in the poetry world, are; Pablo Neruda and Charles Bukowski. These poets have created countless bodies of work, despite the fact they come from different backgrounds and have different styles of writing. In this essay, I will discuss Neruda and Bukowski and two of their poems.
Pablo Neruda is one of the most prolific poets of the last century. His poems reignite with most people who have read them. Whether he is talking about love or remorse, anyone can take something away from his work. One poem that they feel is one of his best is “If You Forget Me”. …show more content…
The overall message of “If You Forget Me” is that the poetic persona (Neruda) will not bear unrequited love. If his lover forgets him or stops loving him, the poetic persona will have forgotten the unfaithful lover already and have already stopped loving her. In the first stanza, the poet introduces what he will be speaking about in the poem; something important and very intimate. In the second stanza, he describes his feelings in the most romantic and elevating way. In the third stanza, the poet again states his point briefly and simply as he delivers the key message of the verse. In the fourth stanza, the author expands on his ultimatum as he threatens the object of his love to have already forgotten her if she does not show him her love immediately. The fifth stanza is the continuation of the ultimatum, where the poetic persona lists the conditions, which will make his love