Please help this assignment is already late... Poetry
by Pablo Neruda
Poetry Audio
Translated by Alastair Reid

And it was at that age … poetry arrived
in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where
it came from, from winter or a river.
I don't know how or when,
5no they were not voices, they were not
words, nor silence,
but from a street I was summoned,
from the branches of night,
abruptly from the others,
10among violent fires
or returning alone,
there I was without a face
and it touched me.
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I did not know what to say, my mouth
15had no way
with names,
my eyes were blind,
and something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
20and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire,
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
25nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
30unfastened and open,
planets
palpitating plantations,
shadow perforated,
riddled
35with arrows, fire, and flowers,
the winding night, the universe.
And I, infinitesimal being,
drunk with the great starry
void,
40likeness, image of mystery,
felt myself a pure part
of the abyss,
I wheeled with the stars,
my heart broke loose on the wind.

Craft and Structure: How does the author use personification in this poem?
1 Point: (Your opinion on the topic/restate and answer the question) no no1 no! words.
Do not use I think, In my opinion, I believe…etc.

2 Evidence: (What quote from the source backs up your point?)
According towritten by states “ .”
3 Explanation: (How does the evidence support your point?) Restate your quote. Use formal vocabulary.
This shows/means
4 cLose (Reword your 0pinion/Point): This should be longer, use higher level vocabulary, and more details than your opinion.
In other words,

Craft and Structure: What is the effect of anaphora in this poem?
1 Point: (Your opinion on the topic/restate and answer the question) no no1 no! words.
Do not use I think, In my opinion, I believe…etc.

2 Evidence: (What quote from the source backs up your point?)
According to Poetry written by Pablo Neruda states “ .”
3 Explanation: (How does the evidence support your point?) Restate your quote. Use formal vocabulary.
This shows/means
4 cLose (Reword your 0pinion/Point): This should be longer, use higher level vocabulary, and more details than your opinion.
In other words,

Key Ideas and Details: What does the author mean when he says, “I did not know what to say, my mouth / had no way / with names, / my eyes were blind”?
1 Point: (Your opinion on the topic/restate and answer the question) no no1 no! words.
Do not use I think, In my opinion, I believe…etc.
2 Evidence: (What quote from the source backs up your point?)
According towritten by states “ .”
3 Explanation: (How does the evidence support your point?) Restate your quote. Use formal vocabulary.
This shows/means
4 cLose (Reword your 0pinion/Point): This should be longer, use higher level vocabulary, and more details than your opinion.
In other words,