Analysis Of The Poem Sharda - 2036 Words

POET BIOGRAPHY Sharda Steel Date and Place of Birth Pablo Neruda was Born Ricardo Eliecer Neftali Reyes in Parral, Chile on July the 12th 1904. His father was a railroad worker while his mother was a teacher who passed shortly after his birth. Neruda had two half siblings when growing up. Education He attended Temuco Boy’s School, where he published his first poems at the age of 13 under the name Pablo Neruda to the daily La Maà ±ana. This was because Neruda wished to hide his poetry from his father who was not in agreement with Neruda’s dream. Pablo Neruda choose this pseudonym as Jan Neruda (1834-1891) had inspired the young poet. Once Neruda graduated at the age of sixteen, he moved to Santiago to study Education and French at†¦show more content†¦Neruda seems a very passionate person as displayed in the two poems analysed; ‘If you forget me† and ‘Your laughter’. What I think of this Person I believe that Pablo Neruda led an extraordinary life. Neruda would’ve had an interesting life, experiencing different ways of life through being a consul and writing poetry to share his experiences. Although I cannot relate to Pablo Neruda’s poetry, it still speaks loudly and conveys a lot of emotion. Pablo Neruda is a person who would be easily liked as he was an open soul and authored gentle poetry. POETRY analysis ‘If you forget me’ by Pablo Neruda is a poem that has a peaceful and calming aura. My initial thought when the thought was one of confusion as the poem didn’t make complete sense. ‘If you forget me’ is based upon the subject of forgetting. This poem was composed to demonstrate that if you’ve forgotten someone, don’t worry for they’ve already forgotten you. Although, if you find yourself thinking of them often, then so are they. If thinking of them is a routine, then you should find them. Neruda has conveyed this message through stanzas four and six. â€Å"If suddenly you forget me do not look for me, for I shall already have forgotten you.† â€Å"if each day, each hour, you feel that you are destined for me with implacable sweetness, if each day a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me, ah my love, ah my own, in me all that fire is repeated, in