Here I Love You
-Pablo Neruda
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Summarize the poem Here I Love You
The speaker is sad because of his separation from his girlfriend. His girlfriend (beloved) is not with him. She is far away in heaven. The speaker uses 'here' to suggest this mortal world and 'there' to suggest beyond this world. He feels alone in this mortal (physical) world. His love for her is still the same as it was in the past. He remembers his past memories with her.
He loves too much his separated beloved though she is in another world, i.e. in heaven. He still remembers his joyful time with his beloved. They would enjoy the beauty of dark pine wood as well as moonlit waters. They would visit different places in the snowy evenings.
Now, he sends kisses to his girlfriend through the sailing ships that move toward darkness but never gets any reply from her. All his efforts are vain because the horizon has hidden her. When he sees the black cross of the ship, it reminds him of his beloved's funeral.
His days are passing slowly due to his monotonous life without his beloved. He is suffering from a bad dream that is haunting him after his separation from her. He compares himself with the old anchors because he is also forgotten. His days and nights are filled with sadness. It is very difficult for him to spend his evenings without her. He is living without any love, hope and purpose. He feels little bit comfortable by talking with her at night in his dream. He finds his beloved in the big stars as well as in the pine trees. He thinks that the pine trees are celebrating his beloved's death by singing her name. He also gets consolation himself by looking at the big stars because he finds her image in them.
Question And Answers
What do "here" (1.1) and "there" (1.19) refer to? "" भन्नाले केलाई जनाउँछ ?
Ans: Here refers to present in which he is alone due to his believed death. There means past in which he was with his beloved.
Why does the speaker look at the ships sailing away? athle किन टाढा जाँदै गरेको जहाजहरूलाई हेर्छ ?
Ans:The speaker looks at the ships sailing away because he thinks that he might see her, talk to her, and send his kisses that to his hidden beloved in the horizon.
What does the "black cross" (1.8) symbolize? ( सकेत गर्छ ।
Ans: Black cross is the symbol of death because it echoes the crusification of Jesus christ.
What's the meaning of "even my soul is wet" (1.10)?"भिजेको छ।" यसको अर्थ के हो?
Ans: "Even my soul is wet" may mean that his soul is also weeping in his separation with his beloved. The poet may think that human beings' soul also bursts it tears in the time of melancholic and painful situation. In the poem, seeing the speaker's condition at his present, we also can not control of weeping.
5. Why is he happy at night? (उँ किन रातमा खुसी हुन्छ ?)
Ans: He is happy at night because he talks to his beloved in his dream and feels as if pine is singing about his beloved and also thinks that biggest stars are his beloved eyes that are looking at him.
6. How is the poem structured? Why are the stanza lengths different? कविताको संरचना कस्तो छ ? कविताको पतीको लम्बाइ किन फरक छ ?
Ans: The poem is structured in different lengths. The first stanza has irregular line that suggests his frustration and sadness in the separation of his beloved. Third stanza is so irregular because it talks about death. The fifth stanza is little bit regular because he can heal his tense mind hearing pine's singing. The final stanza's wording and line are parallel in comparison with others because he finds consolation with biggest stars.
7. What are the images in the poem? Classify them according to natural_and_man-made images. कवितामा के के चित्रणहरू छन्? तिनीहरूलाई प्रकृतिका वस्तु – मानव निर्मित वस्तुहरू अनुसार वर्गीकृत गर्नुहोस् ।
Ans: The images in the poem are: sea, pine, snow, black cross of a ship, horizon, old anchors, piers, star and so on. Sea, pine, snow, horizon, star are natural images. Old anchors, piers, cross of a ship are man made.
8. What is the connotation of the word "dark" in "dark pines?" (12) 'अँध्यारो सल्ला' मा 'अँध्यारो' शब्दको अर्थ के हो?
Ans: "Dark" in "dark pines" is a natural image that highlight the theme
of separation.
Explain the simile "moon glows like phosphorous" (1.3). 'चन्द्रमा फस्फोरस जस्तै चम्कन्छ उपमाको व्याख्या गर्नुहोस् ।
Ans: Phosphorous is a kind of chemical that shines in the dark Similarly, moon also shines at night. So, the poet compares moon with phosphorous.
How does the poet try to send his message to his departed lover? कविले आफ्नो बिछोडिएकी प्रेमीकालाई आफ्नो सन्देश कसरी पठाउने प्रयास गर्छन् ?
Ans: He tries to send his message and kiss on the sailing heavy vessels.
Is the poem pessimistic from top to bottom ? (कवितामा शुरुदेखि तलसम्म के निराशावादी धारणा छ?)
Ans: The poem is pessimistic in the beginning (top) but it ends (bottom) with a little bit of consolation as he thinks biggest stars' outlook and song of pine trees.
What different subject might the poet discuss if he/she were here"? यदि कविको प्रेयसी यहाँ भएको भए कुन फरक विषयमा चर्चा गर्न सक्थे ?
Ans: The poet discusses if she were here in this way: He might say he
was the luckiest lover to have a lovely and beautiful beloved. He would say that they have the habit of going on a date in pine trees and sea shore. He would say they exchange their kiss late night in the sea shore. In twilight, they would walk on the pine trees and would hear the song of pine
Discuss "Here I Love You" as a love poem. faites लाई प्रेम कविताको रूपमा छलफल गर्नुहोस्
Ans: It is a purely a love poem in which the speaker has become preacher of true lover. Even in separation, his love, feeling and emotion toward her same. Though she is no more in mortal world, she remains forever in his heart. He showing her purity and softness goes to compare with natural imagery. Nature is same and spring ever comes but only human being goes but never returns. However, his beloved never fades away but remains blooms in his heart.
The poem is purely love because in most of the love poems, poets talk about pine trees and stars. They compare their beloved voice with pine song and eyes with star, and facial complexion with snow.