Poetry and Politics: Pablo Neruda
In her article “Colored by Passion,” Becker (2010) describes the poetic career of Pablo Neruda and how his work gradually intersected with politics. Neruda was always a poet first, as Becker (2010) indicates, but the nature of his poetry—its focus on passion and love—eventually led him to sympathize with the Communist Party and become a member of the Party. However, Neruda’s style often focused on a kind of mystical eroticism, in which love-making between a man and a woman was like communing with the universe and being one with nature. This poetic sense helped to lead him to a political affiliation that also communicated a kind of universal oneness in which all people were part of one big family, as Neruda saw it.
In “The Great Ocean,” Neruda’s style can be seen clearly. He describes his love and himself when they are entwined about one another as being like “two plants / that grew together, roots entwined.” His take on relationships reflects his take on the world—from his viewpoint, there is a harmony between all beings that is made obvious only when love is the foundation of all things. For that reason, Neruda viewed Communism as...
References
Becker, E. (2010). Colored by passion. Retrieved from http://pitjournal.unc.edu/article/colored-passion-political-poetical-intersect-life-and-work-pablo-neruda
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