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Confessions of a Life : The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

Confessions of a Life : The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda is known the world over for his intensely lyrical and romantic poetry, an almost magical ability to conjure feelings and emotions through beautiful metaphors and stunning images. It is no surprise that Neruda lived as intensely as he wrote - his life was beset by doomed love affairs and political intrigue. Read on for my short summary of Chile’s greatest poet, Pablo Neruda.   A young Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda was born on the 12th July, 1904 in Parral, Chile. His father was a railway worker and his mother was a schoolteacher. She died just two months after he was born. He was raised by his half-sister and his father.   Neruda showed an interest in writing from...

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