It also shows that love can only last when a relationship is cared for and not ignored. This poem shows how when an individual consumes your thoughts, everything you see, hear, touch, or experience reminds you of that person.

It is presumed the poem was written with Matilde in mind, perhaps while she was in his presence. This poem was written while Pablo Neruda was in exile from Chile, during which time he was also having an affair with Matilde Urrutia, the woman who would become his third wife. I carry your heart(i carry it in my heart) Higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)Īnd this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart (here is the root of the root and the bud of the budĪnd the sky of the sky of a tree called life which grows No world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)Īnd it’s you are whatever a moon has always meantĪnd whatever a sun will always sing is you No fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want cummings, and his poetry is probably best known for his unorthodox usage of both capitalization and punctuation, in which unexpected and seemingly misplaced punctuation sometimes interrupt sentences and even individual words. His name is frequently written in lowercase, e.e. So that they know by this the reason for my song.Įdward Estlin Cummings (1894 - 1962) was a famous American Poet with an unusual style of writing. So that my shadow passes through your hair, So that you reach all that my love orders for you, I want for your ears to go on hearing the wind,įor you to smell the sea that we loved togetherĪnd for you to go on walking the sand where we walked.Īnd as for you I loved you and sang you above everything, I want you to live while I wait for you, asleep, To feel the smoothness that changed my destiny. To pass their freshness over me one more time

I want the light and the wheat of your beloved hands This poem is made up of quatrains (four-line poems) and tercets (three-line poems). Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet who lived from 1904-1973, and his first wife did not speak his native language of Spanish.

In this poem, the speaker talks about wanting his spouse to remember him after he passes, but he doesn’t want her to mourn his loss so much that she doesn’t continue living her life.

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