A Song of Despair
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A Song of Despair is the melancholic closing poem of Pablo Neruda’s collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair," expressing themes of lost love and profound emotional anguish.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Song of Despair | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Pablo Neruda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
nature as reflection of inner pain
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night ⓘ the beloved’s absence ⓘ |
| collectionOriginalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
love poem
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lyric poetry ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Chilean ⓘ |
| hasBeenTranslatedInto |
English
NERFINISHED
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ many languages ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Latin American love poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional loss
ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ |
| includedIn | Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInAuthorEarlyWorkPhase | Pablo Neruda early poetry GENERATED ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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metaphor ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expression of youthful passion
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imagery of the sea ⓘ intense emotional tone ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La canción desesperada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | closing poem ⓘ |
| theme |
despair
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emotional anguish ⓘ heartbreak ⓘ longing ⓘ lost love ⓘ melancholy ⓘ memory ⓘ solitude ⓘ |
| tone |
lamenting
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tragic ⓘ |
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The Song of Despair