Friday, January 16, 2009

If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda

Hello, happy new year!!! I hope that you had a happy Christmas and good year so far, I know that I did. anyway, for this months blog I am going to talk about one of Pablo Neruda's poems name "If You Forget Me." The reason why I chose this poem is because someone really recommended me to read one of his poems. They told me that he is a good poet and there were several things that I learned about him. One thing that I learned was that he is also a Reyes and that Pablo Neruda is not his real name. If you want to learn more about him there is a link for you guys to learn more about him.

The poem that I decided to write about for this month is named If You Forget Me. I had to read the poem around three times to finally see what it meant; at least to me. to me, the poem sounds like someone has a broken heart and is trying to get by. I am trying to say that the peom sounds like a guy that doesn't want his love forgetting or something, if she does he will try to do the same thing. the poem is talking about how everything reminds the author of the person he loves and that if she forgets about him, he will also forget. also, that if she still loves him and she still loves him, he will still love her.

i chose this poem because it sounds like a love that will always be there and also when the love is gone all the person wants to do is forget but not pretend that it never happened because then it will be really messed up. if you guys have a differenet meaning to this or have any other reasons why you like the poem then don't forget to put it as part of the comment.

If You Forget Me