Poet Obligation by Pablo Neruda
1. Answer each of the following questions directly and briefly:
- To whom is this persona speaking? Who is the addressee of the persona? (10 points)
- What happens literally when the persona “arrive[s] and open[s] the door of his prison”? (10 points)
- How to you understand this figuratively? (10 points)
- What figure of speech is the word “prison” in line 6? (10 points)
- What possible meanings can you offer for “the sentence of the autumn”? (10 points)
- Notice the words: “…eyes may lift themselves, / asking …” What figures of speech are employed here? (10 points)
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2. Answer the following question in two to four paragraphs:
Short Essay
Throughout Neruda’s poem “The Poet’s Obligation” are images of speaking/not speaking, listening/not hearing, and seeing/not seeing. How does this imagery interact with the title to deepen your interpretation of the poem? Poet Obligation by Pablo Neruda (40 points)
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