From Air to Air by Pablo Neruda
The poem explores the theme of love and its connection to nature. It describes a romantic relationship where the speaker's lover is compared to natural elements like air, water, and earth. The poem also touches on the idea that love can be both beautiful and painful.
By Pablo Neruda · First published 1952 · Genre: Poetry, Surrealism, Romanticism · 186 words
First lines
From air to air, like an empty net, dredging through streets and ambient atmosphere, I came lavish, at autumn's coronation, with the leaves' proffer of currency and-between spring and wheat ears- that which a boundless love, caught in a gauntlet fall, grants us like a long-fingered moon.
(Days of live radiance in discordant bodies: steels converted to the silence of acid: nights disentangled to the ultimate flour, assaulted stamens of the nuptial land.)
Someone waiting for me among the violins met with a world like a buried tower sinking its spiral below the layered leaves color of raucous sulfur: and lower yet, in a vein of gold, like a sword in a scabbard of meteors,
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Pablo Neruda
- Date: 1952 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Surrealism, Romanticism, Modernism, Nature Writing
- Length: 186 words
- Structure: 1 section, 6 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — The work is characterized by its lyrical and expressive language, typical of poetic forms.
- Surrealism — The imagery and themes reflect surrealist elements, exploring the subconscious and dream-like experiences.
- Romanticism — Themes of love, nature, and emotional depth align with romantic literary traditions.
- Modernism — The innovative style and fragmented imagery are indicative of modernist literature.
Tags
Poetry · Latin American Literature · Love Poems · Nature Imagery · Symbolism · Free Verse · Lyrical · Contemplative · Introspective · Emotional · Passionate · Romantic
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