Neruda’s poetry is passionate, sincere and not pretentious. It is different from Tagore, Pushkin and Yeats. If Tagore and Yeats are gentle boys, then Pushkin is probably Neruda is a mature and sexy man. Neruda had three wives and many lovers. They all said that art is the best reflection of the artist's life. Neruda's love also echoes his love poems. Let’s take a look at some of his famous quotes that may make people cry or make people’s hearts beat.
I will do to you what spring does to the cherry tree.
Cherry grows in May. For spring, cherries have just sprouted. So what Neruda describes as what spring does to cherry trees is the process of cherries from first buds to greenness and then to maturity. ?I want to do to you what spring does to cherries? The meaning is: in spring, cherries have begun to sprout, and our love should also begin. The cherry here is actually a metaphor for love. At this time, Neruda may be in the budding stage of a new relationship!
I made my home a toy and played with it from morning to night
Whoever can write such beautiful poems must have a passionate and romantic love that is also sincere. !
If you need it, you can take away my bread and my air, but don’t take away your smile
Yes, I can give it to you as long as you need it. Everything about you and me, including my life, as long as you are happy...
When anchored here at dusk, the pier will be full of sorrow
A paragraph of prayer Unforgivable love, only the sad and melancholy sunset is willing to stop here. This place is full of sadness and sadness!
Is there anything in the world more sad than a stationary train in the rain?
A train that should be moving forward is still in the rain. Such sadness makes people feel extremely depressed and desperate...
In order to love you, My love has two lives, so I love you when I don’t love you, and I love you when I love you.
My two lives, one comes from God and is an objective and rational existence. ; The other is given by the world and belongs to subjective perceptual existence. In order to love you, I must love everything in the universe, including wind, sunshine, water or air and everything else that I love or don’t love. I love you when I don’t love you. This love is great love. I love you when I love you. The love here exists objectively, it is love that can be truly felt, and it is small love.
As a poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his poetry, the love in his poems must not be limited to narrow love and family affection, but points to a broader love.