Pablo Neruda Cultural And Contextual Analysis

Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?

Work Used: The Essential Neruda, Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda, Memoirs by Pablo Neruda

Poetry is a type of literature that uses artistic and rhythmic characteristics of language. That’s what Pablo Neruda’s poems mainly consisted of. Neruda was born as Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoaltoon on July 12, 1904 in Parral, Chile. At a young age he started writing poems. As he got older he progressed into writing his poems based on his experiences or how he feels about a certain subject. His poems were drawn to travels, politics, and love. This was the main focus in most of the oral presentations.

In my literature class,

students were handed the task to read a specific chapter in The Memoirs of Pablo Neruda and create a visual presentation on that chapter. The presentations broke down the subject of most of Neruda’s poems, which resulted in me understanding his intentions with his poems. The groups emphasized key points on how his adventures impacted on the progress of his writing. In Neruda’s adult life, he explored and traveled to numerous of places that was beneficial for his writing, but also an inconvenience for him. He traveled with other writers and painters to look for inspiration. Saying goodbye was a struggle for him after he adapted to a place he’s been in. This ties into how loving something is hard to let go. While in Spain he found it most impactful on him. During his visit, there was crisis happening that led to Neruda witness the awfulness of death, civil action, and rebellion. This could be the reason Neruda had poems that were in a darker tone because it dealt with loss and despair. Then came the political actions that also affected Neruda and his poetry.
His involvement in politics included the Communism Party and the Ambassador of Paris. Years later, Neruda pulled away from the party and moved back to Isla Nigra and there he wrote in his small home. He collected his past emotions and political experiences to help form the works that he titled España en el Corazón. Those works were themed with social and political matters. Neruda used experiences to explore his creativity and mind to produce poems at an imaginative manner. The oral presentations allowed me to understand what he is conveying in his poetry. It also helped understand the origins of Neruda’s works.
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