Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems - Brussels Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 116 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Pablo Neruda.
Study Guide

Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems - Brussels Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 116 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Pablo Neruda.
This section contains 246 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems Study Guide

Brussels Summary

In lines 1-3, the poet is saying, "allow me to enlighten you in regards to what I have learned in life."

In lines 4-6, he has seen some ugly things transpire in his life; the march of war, fire devouring the beautiful things.

In lines 7-10, he cannot use the comforts of food or faith to forget, nor can he meditate by the ocean and forget. He cannot find solace in any of the things that usually connect and ground him.

In lines 11-17, he imagines himself under the ground with the corpses like a worm. These lines are full of the imagery of dirt, death, corpses.

In lines 18-23, the poet speaks of the "velocity" of his life, how it is too quickly hurtling past him. He is wasting his time somewhere that he is not happy. He is in a city...

(read more from the Brussels Summary)

This section contains 246 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.