Pablo Neruda A poet whose works are powerful enough to move hearts and change perspectives, despite any barriers that may have gotten in the way. By Caitlin Cavanaugh, Andrea Ricca, and Michael Grant “Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.”-Pablo Neruda

July 12, 1904 July 12, 1904 Parral, Chile Parral, Chile Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto Began writing poetry at nine Began writing poetry at nine Background Info

Father did not approve of passion Father did not approve of passion Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda Moved to Santiago Moved to Santiago Crepusculario Crepusculario Diplomat Diplomat Biography

Biography Caballo verde para la poesía Caballo verde para la poesía Spanish Civil War Spanish Civil War Mexico Mexico Senate and Communism Senate and Communism Hiding Hiding

Canto general Canto general Back in Chile Back in Chile Matilde Urrutia Matilde Urrutia Awards Awards Leukemia Leukemia On September 23, 1973, Pablo Neruda died in Santiago Chile. On September 23, 1973, Pablo Neruda died in Santiago Chile. Biography

Love, We’re Going Home Now Love, we're going home now, Where the vines clamber over the trellis: Even before you, the summer will arrive, On its honeysuckle feet, in your bedroom. Our nomadic kisses wandered over all the world: Armenia, dollop of disinterred honey: Ceylon, green dove: and the YangTse with its old Old patience, dividing the day from the night. And now, dearest, we return, across the crackling sea Like two blind birds to their wall, To their nest in a distant spring: Because love cannot always fly without resting, Our lives return to the wall, to the rocks of the sea: Our kisses head back home where they belong.

Natural elements/ Natural elements/ references to nature Love Love Passion Passion Loneliness Loneliness Neruda’s Style

Odes Odes Repetition Repetition Politics Politics Single words Single words Neruda’s Style “turtle plated with severe amber scales” “The graceful Olives Polished By the hands” “Come See the blood along the streets Come see”

Literary Criticism Some considered a portion of his work as not even poetry but “rhetoric propaganda” Some considered a portion of his work as not even poetry but “rhetoric propaganda” Called the “Lorca or Alberti of Spanish America” Called the “Lorca or Alberti of Spanish America” He wrote “like breathing” but his style transformed over many years He wrote “like breathing” but his style transformed over many years Wrote “impure poetry” (a term which he coined) Wrote “impure poetry” (a term which he coined) An “obscure name” in the United States An “obscure name” in the United States “Jumble of quality and perversity” “Jumble of quality and perversity”

We Agree A fair percent of his poems were ‘rhetoric and propaganda’ A fair percent of his poems were ‘rhetoric and propaganda’ He was the ‘Lorca or Alberti of Spanish America’ He was the ‘Lorca or Alberti of Spanish America’ Died with a high-volume of poems and transformation of style Died with a high-volume of poems and transformation of style He wrote “impure poetry” He wrote “impure poetry” ‘Jumble of quality and perversity’ ‘Jumble of quality and perversity’

We Disagree An ‘obscure’ name in the United States An ‘obscure’ name in the United States

To Wrap Things Up… Neruda has proven that the drive for success can be strong enough to knock down any walls that may be in the way Neruda has proven that the drive for success can be strong enough to knock down any walls that may be in the way He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 He died at 69 years old and with all his work collected together; in published form the book had well over 3000 pages He died at 69 years old and with all his work collected together; in published form the book had well over 3000 pages

List of Works Cited “Chilean Nature.” ‌. Yahoo! Inc., 25 Nov Web. 26 Feb Clements, Robert J. “Neruda Laureate” Saturday Review Nov. 1971: Print. Coleman, Alexander. “Pablo Neruda ” The New York Times Book Review May 1972: 4, 40. Print. “Crepusculario.” ‌ index.php. PaperBack Swap, n.d. Web. 26 Feb Felsteiner, John. “Pablo Neruda: Nobel Prize at Isla Negra,” The New Republic Dec. 1971: Print.

List of Works Cited Goodnough, David. Pablo Neruda. Series in Hispanic biographies. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Print. “I’ll Explain Some Things.” ‌. Moongate Internationale, n.d. Web. 26 Feb Johanson, Paula. World Poetry- “Evidence of Life”2010 Enslow publishersNew Jersey Neruda, Pablo, The captain's verses (Los versos del capitán). Series in A New Directions book. New York, New Directions, Print.

List of Works Cited Neruda, Pablo. Five decades. New York: Grove Press, c1974. Print. Neruda, Pablo, Late and Posthumous Poems, New York: Grove Press, Print. Neruda, Pablo, Pablo Neruda ; Selected Poems. New York Delacorte Press, Print. “Ode to Olive Oil.” ‌. Moongate Internationale, n.d. Web. 26 Feb

List of Works Cited “Pablo Neruda.” Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 14 Feb “Pablo Neruda y Matilde Urrutia.” / ‌. N.p., 8 July Web. 26 Feb Rader, Dean. Literature of Developing Nations for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Developing Nations. Ed. Elizabeth Bellalouna, Michael L. La Blanc, and Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 2. Detriot: Gale Group Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Feb