lucy_qhuay 's review for:

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

3.0

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Neruda's poems are always lovely, but I can't say I loved this book.

The symbolism and all the imagery connected to Nature didn't quite entrance me and that's what I expect from poetry. To make me rise above all else and have me soaring in another plane of existence.

I much prefer surrealism. That sure makes me dream like nothing else.

But I do love the 20th poem of the book - "Puedo Escribir" (Tonight I Can Write).

There are few topics that cause more feeling than lost love, don't you think?