Pablo Neruda and Edward Estlin (E.E) Cummings are poets from the 20th century who have been praised by many literary critics because of their prestigious works in poetry. For this extended essay, I have decided to compare and contrast the poems, which have interested me, due to their differing perspectives and ideas on the subject on love and also the uniqueness in their respective poems.
I have chosen ‘If You Forget Me’ and ‘Love Sonnet 17’ by Pablo Neruda and [I carry your heart with me(I carry it in] and [love is more thicker than forget] by E.E Cummings. These poems have drawn my attention in particular because of the different poetic devices Neruda and Cummings have carefully utilized to present the theme of love in their poetry. In
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This movement was seen as a response to globalization and industrialization, which were clearly thriving in the 20th century. The modernist movement clearly reflected the way Cummings wrote his poetry, as he was well known for “his lack of stylistic and structural conformity.” Cummings’ poetic style was seen to be unique and non-traditional as he altered the conventional grammar and linguistic rules for his own purposes. Although Cummings did not follow the usual conformities, Randall Jarrell, a literary critic, said, “No one else, has ever made avant-garde, experimental poems so attractive to the general and the special reader.” (1969) Just as with Pablo Neruda’s poetry, Cummings mainly focused his poetry on the theme of love, often writing …show more content…
However, there have been different interpretations of this poem. Many say that the poem was not actually about Neruda’s great love for Matilde but rather his love for his native country, Chile. In 1948, Neruda was forced into exile and it would make sense for him to use his appalling situation during that time to express his passion for his country. He had many political ideals as a diplomat and it could be interpreted from this poem that Neruda had an immense desire to return to Chile someday. This can be seen from the quote, “everything carries me to you, as if everything that exists, / aromas, light, metals / were little boats / that sail /toward those isles of yours” This suggests that everything surrounding him reminded him of Chile, which may also reflect the nostalgia and hope he must have felt. Although this interpretation does not represent romantic love, which we would expect it to do, it does present Neruda’s patriotic character. In the same manner, the quote implies that Neruda may be suddenly reminded of Matilde when he encounters certain everyday things in life, which may imply his romantic desire for
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(1) The poem was written in the early 1900s, and is told through the view of the persona, most likely a small child who is experiencing the unannounced absence of a parent, who they loved very much, who did not say goodbye. This story is told through the setting of the persona’s house which is even when the persona says, “I rushed out of bed… I say waiting near the door of the room.” The individual dramatic situation of this poem is at the end of the piece when the persona realizes that the missing loved one would come back for their “gold-mounted ivory walking stick” instead of saying goodbye to the persona, as seen in the lines, “You might come back from the station to look for it/ But not because/You had not seen me before going away.” This poem describes the relationship of the central theme with the other poems by using many examples of symbols and smilies.
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Immigrant from Cuba Speaks His Mind through Poetry Luis Estable’s poems are simple yet thought-provoking and fun to read. Cuban immigrant Luis Estable offers his gift of poetry to America, and what a wonderful gift it is. Over the years, he has written hundreds of pieces of poetry, in styles ranging from free verse to sonnet. Estable covers a wide range of topics and themes, and he conveys different thoughts and emotions between the lines. Such poems are found in his first published book of poetry
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Despite the fact that the fundamental theme of each poem; the relationship of poets and their poems, is the same, through the three poems, the different views of each speaker is emphasized and showed thoroughly by imagery, and tone. First of all, in Neruda’s poem, he uses imagery like “prison”, and words like “must” to emphasize how his poems present creativity and freedom to people who are in desperate need of them, and his belief that it is his destiny to create such poems. In the poem, “The Poet’s Obligation”, from lines 1-6, and lines 18-19, Neruda uses words like “prison” which is a negative connotation to set the image of people’s lives as negative, and tiring. “Prison” is metaphorically used to illustrate how people are closed up in their own life, so busy that they forget about creativity and freedom. In line 2, Neruda uses the word “cooped up” which is originally used to describe chickens in a small space to describe how people are locked in houses and offices every day.
His works are full of realistic qualities. Moreover, they are long with deep messages, as well as well-structured and detailed. Furthermore, his poems are democratic both subject and the language which shows how intellectual was his imaginary and visual style of writing. To both Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, the individualism in society has a huge importance which, at the same time, inspired their style of writing. Also, they accept the importance of God in connection with nature and immortality.
In this paper I am going to compare and contrast both poetic pieces proving that there are actually a number of differences on their semantic and syntactic planes which account for the overall perception of the central image of love. Outlining similarities, it should be pointed out that both the poem and the song are written as a love confession. Yet, while Borges’ text impresses the reader with its uniqueness, Clapton’s piece is definitely an example of a typical pop love song with a catchy melody and rhythm. In my opinion, this discrepancy is chiefly reinforced by the structure of the texts as a whole.
Love can exist as affection, infatuation, obsession, pleasure and in many other ways, as love is abstract. Hence, there is no one single interpretation of love. Love is a theme that has been embedded into language and literature over the centuries, yet due to the ever changing perception of love people continue to search for a universal definition of love. Poems are able to showcase the inner feelings and desires of a poet as well as their own unique views on love. Nevertheless, through poems “La Belle Dame sans Merci” by John Keats, “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, “Mother in a Refugee Camp” by Chinua Achebe, “The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!”