Tonight I Can Write (The Saddest Lines)
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"Tonight I Can Write (The Saddest Lines)" is one of Pablo Neruda’s most famous melancholic love poems, reflecting on lost love and longing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
love poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Pablo Neruda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionOriginalTitle | Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalFocus |
longing
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regret ⓘ resignation ⓘ |
| famousFor |
expression of sorrow over lost love
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the line "Love is so short, forgetting is so long." NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Pablo Neruda’s early works ⓘ |
| influence | modern love poetry ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| line |
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long. ⓘ Tonight I can write the saddest lines. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Latin American poetry ⓘ |
| medium | written poetry ⓘ |
| motif |
distance
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night sky ⓘ silence ⓘ stars ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| setting | night ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin American literature courses
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world literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
emotional aftermath of separation
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reflection on a past relationship ⓘ |
| theme |
heartbreak
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lost love ⓘ melancholy ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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melancholic ⓘ |
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