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Pablo Neruda is our spotlight poet. His use of metaphor is outstanding.One of the primary themes of this site is to promote and understand the use of metaphor, and celebrate those who do use it in their poetry. Many poets are lead to believe that if they simply adhere to form and meter and make their work clear and understandable, they have achieved the aim of poetry ( not so, in my opinion )! Of all the poetic forms that have existed through time, it is my opinion that only when freeverse was born, did we really discover poetry! Up until that time it is my belief that poetry did not really exist. What they referred to as "poetry" ( again in my opinion ) were just confined ideas that should have burst forth, but rarely did!
Pablo Neruda is the epitome of metaphor and freeverse. You are asked to visit this page again and post your interpretaions of these poems in the "Serious Poets Forum". Once we have interpreted Pablo Neruda I intend to forward our interpretations to the University Of Texas, who holds the rights to the works of Pablo Neruda. We'll see what they have to say about our interpretations. View one of Pablo Nerudas' Poems on this page. Also see two of his other poems on the "Mindbending Poetry" page. Choose at least one poem to interpret.
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Infinite One
Do you see these hands? They have measured Earth,
they have separated mineral from mineral,
cereal from cereal,
They have made war and made peace,
They have conquered the distances
Of all seas and all rivers And still,
When they roam Over you, little one,
you grain of corn, lark,
They are incapable of containing you,
They embrace until exhaustion
The twin doves That rest or fly upon your breast,
They travel the distance of your legs,
Curl up in the light of your waist.
To me you are a treasure, greater
And more costly than the sea and its
clusters
And you are white and blue and vast
As Earth at Harvest Time.
In this area,
From your feet to your forehead,
I want to spend life,
Wandering, always wandering.
By Pablo Neruda
Interpretation By: Anna Oberg
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