what is your analysis on this poem?

Question

Maybe nothingness is to be without your presence,
without you moving, slicing the noon
like a blue flower, without you walking
later through the fog and the cobbles,

without the light you carry in your hand,
golden, which maybe others will not see,
which maybe no one knew was growing
like the red beginnings of a rose.

In short, without your presence: without your coming
suddenly, incitingly, to know my life,
gust of a rosebush, wheat of wind:

since then I am because you are,
since then you are, I am, we are,
and through love I will be, you will be, we'll be.






PLEASE HELP ME!!!! i cant find a professional anaylsis online and i need it for hw so i would really appreciate a professional thoughout answer..thank you.. :)

Answer 1

wonder how the above answerer deduced sex of the speaker. generally it seems like a love poem with images mixed. is it your own poem or who wrote it! I am no professional but could offer some suggestions if its your own composition.

Answer 2

i wish to say more but a page is not enough.



by gist, here's what i think about your poem; existentialist--because of the use of 'nothingness', etc., the imagery is good but you have to work on it more. MAKE EVERY DETAIL COUNT even if it is just a coma or a period. don't say thing as it is i.e. 'Maybe nothingness is to be without your presence', 'maybe others will not see' think, think, think--THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF WAYS OF SAYING A THING. unless 'which maybe', 'In short,' 'since then' really makes your poem effective DON'T USE IT. cut off the pathetic fallacy i.e. 'slicing the noon like a blue flower' you must have reason why the noon is compared to a blue flower and why it is cut. avoid hackneyed phrase/s; 'am because you are' it makes your reader dumb.



your good points: 'gust of a rosebush'--it means at least two things to me. 'wheat of wind'--a very unusual imagery, it gives fresh insight/s. 'without your coming/suddenly,/ incitingly'--though the line cut need improvement, the tempo is nice. 'I will be, you will be, we'll be'--although this is not original the beat still makes good sound.



that's all. good luck.

Answer 3

The poem's main theme is love and its effect on the lover. The speaker is so enthralled by his beloved that he can't imagine life without her.

To be without her is to experience "nothingness". In other words, his existence and his experience of life has become tied to her.

He then describes her impact on him by using strong visual imagery: "slicing the noon like a blue flower", "the light you carry in your hand, golden".

That image, the one about the light in her hand, may be an allusion to Midas, who turned everything he touched to gold.

Unlike the Midas tale, however ,this has nothing to do with greed or materialism.

The poet is simply saying that she redeems everything around her. She makes life beautiful.

In the lines "which maybe others will not see ... like the red beginnings of a rose" he shows that her effect on him is personal. There's nothing grand about her, nothing that would win her the admiration of the world. He alone sees what makes her special and he loves her for it.

In the third verse, he compares her arrival in his life to a "gust of a rosebush", and a "wheat of wind". The images, which are very original, have fresh and pleasant connotations. He is also showing how quick and unexpected the meeting was.

Since that meeting, they have become one and their lives are inextricably linked.

The last line expresses his belief that their love will last and grow: "And through love I will be, you will be, we'll be".



Neruda's poetry often has an organic, sensual feel to it. And this one is no exception. He achieves this by his use of imagery from nature: "rosebush", "wheat of wind", "blue flower", etc. and by his use of simple, but profound language. He seems to get to the essence of things, their inner beauty, while ignoring their form or outer appearance. When he describes, for example, the light that she carries in her hand as "the red beginnings of a rose" we can feel the fragile beauty and intimacy of it.

Answer 4

This speaker loves someone so dearly that he embodies this person. He is nothing without her. She brings him light and breaths life into him.