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Analysis for “La Sebastiana
The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wrote “La Sebastiana” in 1961. Neruda won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1971. This poem was dedicated to his one of a kind home located
in the coastal town of Valparaíso, Chile. Neruda writes about how he created the house
first from his imagination and turned it into a reality. He writes how little by little the
house came together as things continued to be added, allowing the house to grow. I
chose to share this poem because I admire how Pablo Neruda manages to personify
his house. While reading the poem, it is as if the house itself is living and breathing with
a soul built in. My favorite verse from the poem was the penultimate:
La casa crece y habla,
se sostiene en sus pies,
tiene ropa colgada en un andamio,
y como por el mar la primavera
nadando como náyade marina
besa la arena de Valparaíso
The house grows and speaks,
it stands on its own feet,
has clothes hanging round its skeleton
and as from seaward the spring,
swimming like a water nymph,
kisses the sand of Valparaíso,
This verse shows how Neruda gave La Sebastiana life. The house has so much
character and reflects Neruda’s lifestyle as well. It makes me think that a house can
have so much potential, and it does not really become a home until someone moves in
and puts their own personal touch on it.

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Analysis for “La Sebastiana” The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wrote “La Sebastiana” in 1961. Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. This poem was dedicated to his one of a kind home located in the coastal town of Valparaíso, Chile. Neruda writes about how he created the house first ...
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