Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems - The Night in Isla Negra 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 - The Night in Isla Negra 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 161 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems Study Guide

The Night in Isla Negra Summary

In lines 1-15, the scene is set: the night and the salt beat against the walls of the house. The sky and the shadow struggle against one another. The dawn is born on the coast out of the turbulent shadow, bloodstained in its "marine crater."

The Night in Isla Negra Analysis

Isla Negra is the name of the house where Pablo and his wife Matilde lived until his death. It was his favorite of all houses, and he wrote much poetry about it. In this piece, it is night, and as we know, night is Neruda's ally. He is merely watching the night, watching the shadows play with the sky until the dawn comes to bring a new day. This is another example of how Neruda saw everything, even the most minute, simple, and mundane...

(read more from the The Night in Isla Negra Summary)

This section contains 161 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.