Analysis Of The Poem Twenty Love Poems And A Song Of...

At the mere age of seventeen, Pablo Neruda wrote ’Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair’ and it has since become one of his most famous collection of poems. Once, in an interview, Neruda stated that he could not understand â€Å"why this book, a book of love-sadness, of love-pain, continues to be read by so many people, by so many young people† (Guibert, 2015). He also mentioned that â€Å"Perhaps this book represents the youthful posing of many enigmas; perhaps it represents the answers to those enigmas.† (Guibert, 2015). Neruda was one of the first poets to explore sexual imagery and eroticism in his work and become accepted for it. Many Latin-American poets had attempted the same, but failed to become popular with their critics. He merges his own experiences and memories with that of the picturesque Chilean scenery to present a beautifully poetic sense of love and sexual desire. 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