FINAL DRAFT Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose real name is Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, was born on July 12, 1904, in the town of Parral in Chile. ... The pen name of Pablo Neruda was adopted in memory of the Czechoslovak poet Jan Neruda (1834-1891). ... "Some of Neruda's most powerful poetry was in Veinte Poemas- (De la Costa). ... After the book Crespulario, "Twenty poems of love and a song of despair-, is the second great work by Pablo Neruda, even though he was very young, his work is known all over the world. ... Neruda has been one of the most beneficial writers in moder...

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Pablo Neruda's deep, passionate love for a woman is expressed in his poem, "If You Forget Me." Using beautiful imagery and metaphors throughout the poem, Neruda immediately catches the reader's attention in the first stanza by stating, "I want you to know one thing"." ... Neruda artfully addresses the emotional conflict of having to let someone go if the love has gone, but also the importance of seizing and cherishing the love if it is there. Pablo Neruda begins to create a calm, serene image in the second stanza. ... "(Chouinard, paragraph 16) Chouinard uses a simile to compare Ne...

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The Enemy Inside Pablo Neruda's poem, "The Enemy", describes and embodies everything he hates and therefore can find it within himself. ... His other personality brings out the worst in himself which he has to face and does by saying that his darker side "came to visit today".(1-2) Neruda is his own worst enemy and describes the man as "having the power to only harm himself"(26), which he does by blaming his traits on a non-realistic figure. Neruda stating that his, "old enemy came to visit"(1), he implies that his darker side had come out. ... The "windy explosions"(14-15), di...

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"In Praise of Ironing" Pablo Neruda It has to be loved the way a laundress loves her linens, the way she moves her hands caressing the fine muslins knowing their warp and woof, like a lover coaxing, or a mother praising. ...

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Positions On Illicit and Licit Drug Use Drug abuse is a serious problem, many people are blind to the abuse. It is not only illegal drugs being abused, but also legal drugs, prescribed by doctors and seen on commercials. Everyone seems to want a quick easy cure to everything. Not many people th...

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