Poetry comes in many different ways. From the dark and scary ones to uplifting poems and ones about love. Although it can be expressed differently, it is only many poets finding ways to show what means the most to them. This is just one example of a poet who put most of his life experiences and messages he wanted to get across to others; his name was Pablo Neruda.
Born on July 12 1904, in Parral, Chile was the famous poet Neruda. Although, at that time he was not yet a poet and still went by his real name Ricardo Eliécar Neftalí. Neruda’s parents were Rosa Basoalto, who was a teacher and José del Carmen Reyes Morales who worked as a railway employee. Shortly after Neruda’s birth, his mother passed away. Consequently, his dad decided …show more content…
One of his poems “Love Sonnet XVII” was written about his deep love for someone. In the poem, he explains his love by using many similes and examples of imagery. For example, the poem starts out by saying “I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.” (Neruda). Since, the poem starts out this way, with the simile, he shows that the reasons he loves this person is not for their beauty but for something stronger, something inside of them. Also, by using a simile to show this it brings more emphasis to how he loves this person. By using the comparison between something beautiful on the outside and something not it proves his deep love for what is on the inside. In particular this poem relates to Neruda’s life because it shows how with the wars he saw it taught he that love is deeper than what is shown on the surface. That is how “Love Sonnet XVII” relates to Neruda’s life and because of this impacts his writing …show more content…
In this case, the poem is related to Neruda’s life because it is about the feelings he has developed after loving and losing someone. Hence the fact, that throughout Neruda’s life he was married multiple times and during these times has many affairs. Likewise, in the poem it states, “I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too,” (Neruda). For example, this quote shows that with him looking back at his life that only he was truly happy and that the other women must not have always felt his love. Unlike other poems of his, this poem is not about losing someone to death but instead the leaving of a loved one and this is shown through his foreshadowing where Neruda talks about the women with someone new. During “Saddest Poem” Neruda’s life is
Born on July 12 1904, in Parral, Chile was the famous poet Neruda. Although, at that time he was not yet a poet and still went by his real name Ricardo Eliécar Neftalí. Neruda’s parents were Rosa Basoalto, who was a teacher and José del Carmen Reyes Morales who worked as a railway employee. Shortly after Neruda’s birth, his mother passed away. Consequently, his dad decided …show more content…
One of his poems “Love Sonnet XVII” was written about his deep love for someone. In the poem, he explains his love by using many similes and examples of imagery. For example, the poem starts out by saying “I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.” (Neruda). Since, the poem starts out this way, with the simile, he shows that the reasons he loves this person is not for their beauty but for something stronger, something inside of them. Also, by using a simile to show this it brings more emphasis to how he loves this person. By using the comparison between something beautiful on the outside and something not it proves his deep love for what is on the inside. In particular this poem relates to Neruda’s life because it shows how with the wars he saw it taught he that love is deeper than what is shown on the surface. That is how “Love Sonnet XVII” relates to Neruda’s life and because of this impacts his writing …show more content…
In this case, the poem is related to Neruda’s life because it is about the feelings he has developed after loving and losing someone. Hence the fact, that throughout Neruda’s life he was married multiple times and during these times has many affairs. Likewise, in the poem it states, “I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too,” (Neruda). For example, this quote shows that with him looking back at his life that only he was truly happy and that the other women must not have always felt his love. Unlike other poems of his, this poem is not about losing someone to death but instead the leaving of a loved one and this is shown through his foreshadowing where Neruda talks about the women with someone new. During “Saddest Poem” Neruda’s life is