The gold Neruda refers to here is the Spanish language the colonisers left when they finally went back from Latin American countries. Explain “they carried off the gold and left us the gold”. It is a hectic work yet so satisfying when one enjoys the final product.Ģ.
The way he uses words resemble how a cook uses his ingredients in a kitchen to finally serve a delicious dish on the table.
These actions are usual sites in a domestic space. He also says how he uses them, peels them, stirs them, shakes them, and drinks them. He says that the words are like vibrant ivory, vegetables, oily, like fruit, like algae and like agates. He gets himself lost in glorifying the process. Neruda uses surrealist and brilliant visual imagery to describe how he uses words in his poetry.
Neruda is talking about Spanish language which was left by the colonisers when they finally went back. What was left behind by the conquistadors? Next, Neruda goes to a few surrealistic imagery by comparing vowels to thread, foam and metal.ģ. Vowels are like silvery fish in an ocean- they add beauty to the already enchanting ocean. An idea undergoes a complete change when one changes the position of words in a sentence. They decorate his poetry and can be manipulated to create different ideas by shifting its place. How does an idea undergo a complete change according to Neruda?įor Neruda words are like healing stones and so magnificent.In honour of which Czech poet did Neruda adopt his pseudonym? Neruda compares words to a healing Stone called -ĥ. A chain of mountains in Spanish is termed -Ĥ. Neruda says he bows to words and loves them.ģ. About what does Neruda say “I bow to them”?
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