Love by Pablo Neruda
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Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet whose poetry brought him enormous acclaim. He could be considered as a symbolistt and in his poems he gave life to everyday expressions and feelings using original metaphors in free verse. Neruda's poems are filled despair and pushes the readers into intimate thoughts like in "Love". This poem is mysterious in the sence that we can not know if it was dedicated to someone in particular but it becomes clear that he has loved in this way that he describes, specially because of the detailes descriptions of his feelings. He has exerted wide influence in Latin America. And in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature during his service as Chilean ambassador to France.
The title of the poem basically explains it all. This poem is about an intense, secret deep love, in a different and dark way. "I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul". This quote demontrates the very deep feelings that the author transmits...