Leaning into the Afternoons
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"Leaning into the Afternoons" is a lyrical love poem by Pablo Neruda, included in his influential collection *Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair*, that evokes longing, memory, and the melancholy of lost love.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
love poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | Pablo Neruda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEmotion |
despair
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Pablo Neruda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
irretrievability of past love
ⓘ
memory of a past lover ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Latin American love poetry
ⓘ
translations of Spanish love poetry into English ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional loss
ⓘ
remembrance ⓘ romantic relationship ⓘ |
| imagery |
silence
ⓘ
sky ⓘ stars ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Latin American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
modernist-influenced
ⓘ
romantic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocation of nocturnal sadness
ⓘ
expression of youthful heartbreak ⓘ imagery of night and stars ⓘ intense emotional introspection ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche ⓘ |
| pairedWith | A Song of Despair (within the collection’s structure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Neruda’s early love poetry ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Twenty Love Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| setting | night ⓘ |
| theme |
longing
ⓘ
lost love ⓘ love ⓘ melancholy ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
ⓘ
intimate ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ |
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