Tag Archives: Pablo Neruda

LITERATURE: Neruda’s Ode to an Aged Poet – Line breaks

Posted on January 22, 2009 by susan

Loved this passage from this poem: and hand in handthey would maketheir way toa decaying resting placewhere they would sleepas every manof uswill sleep:with a dry rosein a handthat will alsocrumble into dust.   (p. 365) Part of the problem with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neruda’s Ode to Wine

Posted on January 9, 2009 by susan

Neruda and Chekhov easily lead me away from my Faulkner reading these last few days. Perhaps it's the mood of the crystalized trees that capture the sun 'fore the sun steals the diamonds away. But this has to be one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neruda’s Ode to Laziness – A simple interpretation

Posted on December 31, 2008 by susan

Hitting home: Yesterday I felt as if my odewas never going to sprout.At least it shouldhave been showinga green leaf. (p. 117) So simple, Neruda's concept of art as a seed of idea, stubborn to the sun as if seeking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neruda’s Ode to Criticism

Posted on November 25, 2008 by susan

Neruda finds beauty in the act of critique: I touched my book:it wascompact,solid,arched like a white ship,half openlike a new rose,it was to my eyes a mill,from each pageof my booksprouted the flower of bread;I was blinded by my own … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: More on Neruda’s Ode to The Past

Posted on November 22, 2008 by susan

Well that was an astute review of the piece below: Wow. Let's see if I can be a bit more specific. The language (at least in translation) is simple and direct. Neruda uses a metaphor for time as two rivers, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Pablo Neruda: Ode to the Past

Posted on November 22, 2008 by susan

I am a firm believer that besides the different genres and classic masters, every would-be writer should keep as well a book of poetry beside the couch. For learning imagery, brevity, rhythm, there is nothing that matches the lines of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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