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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
Perhaps if I could read the originals (and not the translated) I would connect to it more. I just didn't feel it. I tried.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Oh my dear Neruda. Jei jums nepatinka poezija, tai jūs dar neskaitėtė Jo poezijos. Šis rinkinys nėra pradedančiąjam, čia tiem, kas jau žino jo braižą ir nori daugiau. Daugelio akyse Neruda rašė tik apie meilę, tačiau šiame rinkinyje jos yra mažiausiai. Beveik keturis dešimtmečius apimantys jo darbai įvairiausiomis temomis: gamta, politika, moterys... Jo poemos parašytos taip, kad galima bet kada atsiversti knygą iš naujo, durti pirštu ir skaityti antrą ar penktą kartą tą patį, nes visada atsiranda naujas kampas, vis kita eilutė išsiskiria. Nesakysiu, kad visi darbai iki vieno patiko šiame rinkinyje, nevengiau pradėjus mesti viduryje, jei matau, kad neįsijaučiau, bet nevengiau ir vėl sugrįžti ir atsiversti kažko paskaityti dar kartą.
ODE TO THE STORM
Last night
she
came,
livid,
night-blue,
wine-red:
the tempest
with her
hair of water
, eyes of cold fire-
last night she wanted
to sleep on earth.
She came all of a sudden
newly unleashed
out of her furious planet,
her cavern in the sky;
she longed for sleep
and made her bed:
sweeping jungles and highways,
sweeping mountains,
washing ocean stones,
and then
as if they were feathers,
ravaging pine trees
to make her bed.
....
Tačiau pirmai pažinčiai labiausiai rekomenduoju rinkinį The Captain's Verses !
ODE TO THE STORM
Last night
she
came,
livid,
night-blue,
wine-red:
the tempest
with her
hair of water
, eyes of cold fire-
last night she wanted
to sleep on earth.
She came all of a sudden
newly unleashed
out of her furious planet,
her cavern in the sky;
she longed for sleep
and made her bed:
sweeping jungles and highways,
sweeping mountains,
washing ocean stones,
and then
as if they were feathers,
ravaging pine trees
to make her bed.
....
Tačiau pirmai pažinčiai labiausiai rekomenduoju rinkinį The Captain's Verses !
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Interesting, though not quite my taste in poetry. Still glad I gave it a try!
Words can never do justice to the sheer beauty that Neruda’s verse manages to extract out of a century too often debilitated by conflict. His poetry evaluates the Earth as an extension of his beloved’s corporeal self. The act of love-making acquires the metaphysical qualities of the farmer who impregnates the earth. Hence, Neruda’s passion becomes a conglomeration of his romance, patriotism, and socialism without becoming arcane to the populace. However, the punctum of his work lies in his immaculate use of symbolism to package the deepest internal struggles as a kinesthetic image in the natural order.
In a body of work that expands to five decades, Neruda is one of the most prolific poets of his time. Hence, it’s nearly impossible to study his oeuvre in entirety. This edition picks the choicest of his poems from his writing and presents them in chronological order. The beautiful presentation allows the reader to gauge the rising complexity of the verse as the 20th Century meanders from one conflict to another.
In Canto General(1950), my favorite section from the anthology, Neruda rewrites the entire history of Latin America from the perspective of the native. From glorifying the smallest nooks and crannies of the landscape to using surrealism to present larger-than-life sketches of the humblest of the dwellers, Neruda truly archives the destiny of an entire continent. Despite the communist paranoia and the accusations of assault on the poet, I would extend my strongest recommendation to everyone who can appreciate the beauty of the human experience.
In a body of work that expands to five decades, Neruda is one of the most prolific poets of his time. Hence, it’s nearly impossible to study his oeuvre in entirety. This edition picks the choicest of his poems from his writing and presents them in chronological order. The beautiful presentation allows the reader to gauge the rising complexity of the verse as the 20th Century meanders from one conflict to another.
In Canto General(1950), my favorite section from the anthology, Neruda rewrites the entire history of Latin America from the perspective of the native. From glorifying the smallest nooks and crannies of the landscape to using surrealism to present larger-than-life sketches of the humblest of the dwellers, Neruda truly archives the destiny of an entire continent. Despite the communist paranoia and the accusations of assault on the poet, I would extend my strongest recommendation to everyone who can appreciate the beauty of the human experience.
I really, really don’t like audiobooks. But hey, character development, I guess? Also, I hope to one day go back and read his poems in the original language.
My favorites were “tonight I can write the saddest lines,” “walking around,” and “october fullness.”
My favorites were “tonight I can write the saddest lines,” “walking around,” and “october fullness.”
Neruda was integral to getting through 2020 for me. I was more than happy to read more than his love poems, to discover the dark & fearful parts he held to the light to share.
Neruda is such a fascinating and singular poet with some of the most striking imagery I’ve ever read. I’m also glad to have read them in Spanish and in English.
