Thursday, April 25, 2013

Gridlock

Title :My love, if I die and you don't--, by Pablo Neruda

Paraphrase:

My love, if you die and I don't--,
let's not grief
No expanse is greater than where we live.

This meadow where we find ourselves,
we give it back.
But Love, this love has not ended:

just as it never had a birth, it has
no death: only changing lands, and changing lips.

Connotations:
When referring to the separation that the to people in love will have is when one of then has passed away, but even that will not change the love they have for each other other than where their love will be.

Attitudes:
This poem is a love poem. It's a poem about a love that will last an eternity no matter what. The distance will only make them strong. They will remain as happy as they were alive or died.

Shift:
Throughout the whole poem it says that their love will remain the same whether she dies or he dies. He doesn't see death as a bad thing like people do, but sees it another life that he will get to live with his love.

Title Revised:
The title remains the same. It is just saying whether she dies or he dies nothing will change between them.

Theme:
Eternal love. It is about love that will never change no matter what happens. They know that their love will continue even though they have passed away. He says that the only thing that would change about their relationship is the location.

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