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Neruda

Neruda

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A Chilean poet and diplomat known for passionate love and political poems
  • proper noun
  • /nəˈruːdə/
: Neruda
  • The poem is from Pablo Neruda; it says: they can cut all flowers, but they never will stop the spring.
  • Pablo Neruda
  • Neruda the poet
  • Chilean Neruda

Examples

  • In his memoirs, Neruda recounts the experiences that made and unmade him, expressive as always even in prose.

    Blog text (25)
  • For most of the afternoon, I have been sitting in my cramped office at the college, reading some Neruda poems and trying to write a poem of my own.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Neruda said, "Love is so short, forgetting so long," so my learning must not have been love.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • At the end of her talk, she mentions a poem from Neruda which explains very well the ideas she is defending.

    Blog text (5)
  • Bahia mentioned a poem by Neruda which states that "You can crush the flowers but you can't defeat spring."

    Blog text (5)
  • Neruda, in his poem on "The Heights of Machu Picchu," asked himself what it all added up to.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And then they walked over to a bookstore and bought Selected Odes of Pablo Neruda.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Neruda, in his introduction to Diez, calls Emar "Our Kafka."

    Academic text (2007)
  • "Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) in "Canto General" sings: "America neither of night nor of light ... are composed the syllables I sing."

    Academic text (1999)
  • The poetry of Neruda expresses deep emotions and love in a unique way.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Neruda was a pen name chosen by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in honor of the older Czech writer Jan Neruda. By taking that name he connected himself to a line of poets, so today Neruda makes people think of the famous Chilean writer of love and political poems.