Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Body of a Woman | Ah Vastness of Pines | Leaning into the Afternoons | I Have Gone Marking

1. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?

The earth.

2. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?

Her grace.

3. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?

An ocean.

4. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?

A pair of eyes.

5. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?

Stars.

6. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?

A map.

Every Day you Play | Thinking, Tangling Shadows | Tonight I can Write | Alliance (Sonata)

1. What does the creature play with in "Every...
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