Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet and diplomat, born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, who became one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century.
His work ranges from surrealist verse to accessible political poetry.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.
She quoted Neruda at the wedding.
Collective ownership system
- exileBanishment from homeland
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- senatorUpper chamber member
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
Pinochet · resistance · solidarity · leftist · socialism · Marxism · Spanish Civil War · asylum
Celebrated achievement recipient
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
- prizeReward for winning
- literatureBody of written works
- 1971A calendar year
ceremony · medal · diploma · banquet · acceptance speech · recognition · distinction · legacy
Intense fond attachment
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
beloved · passion · devotion · eroticism · body · embrace · ardor · yearning
Laudatory lyric verses
- verseMetered poetic passage
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
free verse · lyricism · stanza · cadence · symbolism · sensuality · nature imagery · everyday objects
Chile's largest city
- ValparaisoChilean coastal metropolis
- AndesSouth American western range
- empanadaFilled pastry half-moon
- piscoGrape brandy from Peru
communism
Collective ownership system
coup · Pinochet · resistance · solidarity · leftist · socialism · Marxism · Spanish Civil War · asylum · refugee aid
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
- StockholmSweden's seat of government
- prizeReward for winning
- literatureBody of written works
1971 · ceremony · medal · diploma · banquet · acceptance speech · recognition · distinction · legacy · contribution
love
Intense fond attachment
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
intimacy · beloved · passion · devotion · eroticism · body · embrace · ardor · yearning · melancholy
odes
Laudatory lyric verses
surrealism · free verse · lyricism · stanza · cadence · symbolism · sensuality · nature imagery · everyday objects · apostrophe
Santiago
Chile's largest city
- ValparaisoChilean coastal metropolis
- AndesSouth American western range
- empanadaFilled pastry half-moon
pisco · Atacama · Patagonia · Pacific coast · cordillera
- Activist PoetsLangston Hughes, Bertolt Brecht, Gil Scott-Heron, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron
- ChileansIsabel Allende, Augusto Pinochet, Edwards, Pinochet
- Escritoresbardo, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Borges, Jorge Luis Borges
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
- Latin Americanatango, samba, cumbia, mariachi, bossa nova
- Latin American FiguresSimon Bolivar, Che Guevara, Eva Peron, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi
Pablo NerudaEzra Pound
T.S. Eliot · Rudyard Kipling · W.H. Auden · W.B. Yeats · Seamus Heaney