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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Gridlock # 1 In You the Earth by Pablo Neruda

TPCASTT: Poem Analysis Method:
title, paraphrase, connotation, diction,
attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and
theme 



Title -of poem means : In You the Earth, possibly relating to nature. Something so natural of a woman that is natural beauty. Mother Nature held close to your heart. Caring about the earth. Having earth inside you can be interpreted as being raw and natural.


Paraphrase- parts of the Poem:  "Little rose, roselet"(lines 1-3) The rose can be the literal meaning of a small rose that is beginning to bloom. It begins as a small rose bud then begins to blossom. The rose bud can also mean a small little baby."tiny and naked, it seems as though you would fit in one of my hands, as though I’ll clasp you like this and carry you to my mouth," (lines 5-10) The baby is so small it needs to be carried around before it begins to walk. "but suddenly my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips: you have grown," (lines 1-14) The relationship is growing stronger and stronger. "your shoulders rise like two hills, your breasts wander over my breast, my arm scarcely manages to encircle the thin new-moon line of your waist:" (lines 16-20) Admiring the beauty of nature and a woman's body. "in love you loosened yourself like sea water: I can scarcely measure the sky’s most spacious eyes and I lean down to your mouth to kiss the earth." (lines 21- 23) Slowly fell in love with earth and it's full beauty. I believe it has a double meaning in such a way that earth is represented as a woman.


Connotation- of some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values : The first three lines already have a double meaning. "Little rose, roselet," referring to a rose bud and in my interpretation a baby or a woman.





Attitude- What is the attitude of the author, characters or yourself? : As I read the poem I felt like it was a man talking about mother earth and her beauty. Explaining how the years go by and the seasons change, mountians grow, sea level rises. I also interpret this poem how it is a man speaking about a woman and how hes watched her grow up.




Shift- At first we think or feel one way – then there is a shift: identify the shifts and explain them : At first it feels like a man is talking about mother nature and as time goes, she changes and begins to blossom/age. A shift would be how at first as you read the poem it feels like it is talking about nature then it makes you think it is talking aboyt a woman and ger beauty as well as she grows to become a beautiful woman.



Title Revisited -Any new insights on meaning or significance of title? : My opinion still hasn't changed much. I still think it is talking about mother earth and a woman at the same time. Many a slight of a difference how I interpreted right now would be that man speaking in the poem may be talking about how someone holds love for earth/ nature close to their hearts.


Theme : Inspiration. The man speaking is inspired by the growth of earth or the woman he is referring too.