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-The speak is illustrating how he loves this woman "straightforwardly"
-Can not explain why he loves this person
-Loves without "complexities or pride" displaying the purity of his love (His love is legitimate, no drama)
-explains that he loves his paramour so deeply because it is the only way he knows how
-Very powerful
-Two lovers become one
-Forget about their own self-interests
-In the Bible, marriage is described as a union in which the bride and groom become "one flesh".
-Third time "i love you" has opened a line in the poem (repetition)
-As a result of the woman's love, a "solid fragrance" secretly ("darkly") lives within the speaker
-Describes a plant sprouting from the earth
-The new growth of a plant is a metaphor for the feeling of love, or in this case, new love.
-Being loved by someone is like smelling a new flower
-Neruda explains how he carries the feeling of love inside of him rather than constantly displaying it on the outside.
-Uses another one of the five senses, the sense of smell
-Uses a simile while comparing his love to a flower
-"does not flourish" keeps it's beauty
-"Hidden beauty" is referring to his lover's internal beauty
-We learned about his deep love in the first stanza, this further highlights how his love is not the superficial kind
-He loves her so close they switch body parts
-Metaphor describing how lovers share every part of themselves
-Repetition of "so close"
-shifts from describing ways he does not love the woman to ways in which he does love the woman
-"dark things" being things you would not like to admit loving
-Neruda is talking about loving someone in secret (like an affair)
-Cheated on his wife
-The gap "between the shadow and the soul" represents the conflict between his inability to hide his love (like a shadow, which is always there) and the secrecy of his feelings (which he keeps hidden in his "soul")
How does Neruda using senses affect this poem?
What is the significance of Neruda referencing nature?
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
-All the objects are red or warm toned colors which symbolize passion
-His love for the woman is not the same as his love for beautiful things (such as crystals and flowers)
-Roses and Carnations are common symbols of love and affection
-Displays the uniqueness of his love
-Explains his love is much deeper than just admiring a pretty flower
-Gem/Crystal
-Reddish orange or yellow (sometimes blue)
-Quite pretty
-Begins with speaker talking to his lover
-We can guess it is about his wife, Martilde Urrutia
-He cheated on his second wife with Martilde
-Uses first person point of view
-Describes ways he does not love this woman
-Describes the brightness of a carnation
-Compares looking at the flower to seeing a shiny arrow that is flaming like a flower
-Also called the rosa rugosa, or salt spray rose
-Grows near the ocean
-Resistant to many diseases roses commonly suffer
-Very hardy, thorny
-Appealing to look at due to it’s vibrant color