- repetition of the word love
- he uses metaphor in this poem
"Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm."
- In the month of January, she seems to be going away from him.
- The winters are going to be harsh on him when everything will freeze, and the rays of the sun which represents the hope for him.
In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.
- whether she does not love him, hate him, tear his heart or becomes the reason for his death.
- he will be in blood or in fire but the passion of his love will always glow.
- he will love her in all circumstances
Pablo Neruda
- born July,12, 1904
- town of parral in chile
- he published his first poem in 1920
- Nobel prize literature in 1971
- published over 30 books
- died in September, 23, 1973
I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You
- In the first stanza he is being descriptive of the love that he has for her
- In the second stanza he is trying to analyze why does he love her so deeply, but he is just not able to find the reason, he just knows he is.
- His love for her is true and and emerges from the core of his heart
- There is no reason for this love, it is selfless
- In the last stanza he is sad since all his hopes seem shattered.
- He knows that she will never come back no matter how much he loves her
I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
I love you because its you the one i love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.
Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.
In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.
- He is deeply in love with his beloved but his beloved does not love him back
- He loves her to such an extent and is hurt by the fact that he is not being loved in return
- He questions himself that why does he love her
- One part of his consciousness ask him not to love her but he can not live without loving her
- He wants to hate her but he cannot help loving her more