While reading Mistral’s poetry, I felt emotions that seemed to me to be ones of abandonment, burden, loss and emptiness. Though the reading was dense and difficult to understand, I got the sense that the voice speaking was one holding excessive burden and mourning loss, whether that be of childhood, freedom or autonomy. Even though […]
This collection of poetry was quite intriguing to me. Some poems were more abstract than others and had me having to re-read them to fully understand what Neruda was saying, but I enjoyed the themes of love and longing that were present throughout. One theme I picked up on, aside from the obvious theme of […]
Despite Neruda’s questionable past, I actually really enjoyed his poems. As someone who is not an avid reader of poetry, I appreciated the transparency and straightforwardness of his writing, while also leaving room for metaphor and interpretation.&nbs…
Despite Neruda’s questionable past, I actually really enjoyed his poems. As someone who is not an avid reader of poetry, I appreciated the transparency and straightforwardness of his writing, while also leaving room for metaphor and interpretation.&nbs…
Hi all, This week I discuss Neruda’s infatuation with womanly bodies, the connection between women and nature, solitude, loss, grief, and finding completion. Question: Do you think that Neruda is referencing one woman in specific throughout his poems? Why or why not? If not, is he referring to numerous specific women in his life, or …
Gabriela Mistral, Madwomen
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Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
