It is Neruda's use of imagery that achieves this, the imagery original, strong and effective. Love is a very common theme in poetry, and as such, is one that requires originality for love poems to stand out. This is a major statement to make considering the popularity of the theme of love in poetry. The poems express young, passionate, unhappy love perhaps better than any book of poetry in the long Romantic tradition' (Duran). Relating his imagery to his love poems as published in Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, the verse is described as, 'Vigorous, poignant, and direct, yet subtle and very original in its imagery and metaphors. Neruda is perhaps best-known for his original use of imagery. Also in each of the categories, Neruda uses imagery and nature to good effect. While these topics are wide-ranging, Neruda is well-known for his poems in each of the categories. Again, others have a political motivation and others are more based on humanity as a whole and on recognizing the smaller details of life. Other poems express a darkness and a depression. Neruda's love poetry was one of his most popular forms including the book Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, his first successful poetry book. Neruda's poetry varies from love poetry, to political poetry, to surrealist poetry, to dark poetry. As one article reports, 'Neruda's body of poetry is so rich and varied that it defies classification or easy summary' (Duran). Throughout his changing life, his poems change to reflect new situations his various states of mind. Neruda was a prolific writer and his poems span many years of his life. Therefore, it is important to briefly introduce the themes of his work, so his use of imagery and nature can be related to it. A poem with brilliant imagery but no underlying theme or message, does little to communicate with its audience. While his imagery and his use of nature were the aspects that made his poems distinctive, they are only effective in relation to how they contribute to the theme.

His goal was to communicate the human experience and his use of imagery and nature are both aspects that helped him achieve this goal.īefore looking at the imagery and the use of nature in Neruda's poetry, it is important to consider the themes of his work. Neruda's popularity will be shown to be due to his focus on writing for the poeple. This information will then be combined to consider what makes make Neruda such a popular poet. This will be followed by a look at imagery and then a look at how Neruda uses nature in his poems. While it is true that the themes are not what Neruda is recognized for, it is still important to have an understanding of them, since ultimately, his success as a poet is determined by how well he communicates those themes. This will begin with a consideration of the themes of his work.

These issues will now be investigated in more detail, in an attempt to determine what makes Neruda such a successful and popular poet. By his original use of imagery, his poems are both startling and effective and by his incorporation of nature theme's he offers poems that clearly communicate with all people. It is these two qualities, combined with his themes, that make his poems original and significant.

Neruda is best known for two things: his original use of imagery and his use of nature in his poems. They have other matching programs.The poet Pablo Neruda was a favorite poet for many and his works continue to be popular today. If you donate to SOIL, Rivendell will match your donation up to $100 as a credit you can use at their bike shop. Here’s a NYTimes article that goes into detail about founders Sasha Kramer and Sarah Brownell, who run the aid group called SOIL. Here’s the background: SOIL is an organization that helps Haitians by converting human waste into compost. I was browsing the Rivendell website today and noticed that today is the last day that the Rivendell folks will match funds you donate to SOIL with credit at their bike store. He told me I’d probably like reading about bikes at the Rivendell website when he saw my old Dawes Galaxy bike I’ve had since college. Niles runs Recycled Cycles in Gainesville, FL. ~ Pablo Neruda (Towards the Splendid City, 1971 Nobel Lecture)ĭo you love bikes? I do. Only from this great popular stream that the necessary changes can arise. People, to join with life and soul, with suffering and hope, because it is None other then to join the extensive forces of the organized masses of the Midst of the arena of the Americas’ struggles, I saw that my human task was Many honorable misfortunes, lone victories and splendid defeats. I determined that my posture, within the community and before life, shouldīe that of, in a humble way, taking sides.

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