Neruda's final collection rewards the reader

The Sea and the Bells

The Sea and the Bells by Pablo Neruda

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Neruda’s last and unfinished collection still contains a number of poems that are as wonderful as any her has written. These poems are both very person, such as the last poem he wrote to his beloved, Matilde (“Finale”), but also touch the universal if not the mythic (“Returning”).

Many of these poems feel unfinished, not just because they have no titles, but they lack that final quality of workmanship Neruda gives to his collections as they are published. Read this collection regardless. Neruda unfinished is superior to so many poets writing today and the collection as a whole rewards us as we experience the haunting sea and silent bell.



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