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Question:Neruda had always been a poet with great sense of self-criticism and self-reflection. He was not hesitant in rejecting his earlier views on certain issues and presenting a new and revised understanding. This was what helped in bringing about a fundamental change in Neruda’s personality and in his writings. This is also the reason why many critics divide Neruda’s writings into those of a poet who wrote political poetry with commitment and the poet of the ‘other’ kind of poetry. However, I would like to argue against this proposition. Though it is often said that politics is only one dimension of a person, in my opinion, it is necessary to add that no human experience exists without this dimension. Therefore, this division would mean denying all that is human. He has written about war and about machines, about cities and about rooms, about love, and wine, about death and about freedom. Therefore to separate his ethics from his aesthetics will mean distancing the man from his poetry. Neruda thought that those who want to separate the political poetry from the rest are enemies of poetry. These conclusions by the poet were derived from his own vital experiences.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Neruda had always been a poet with great sense of self-criticism and self-reflection. He was not hesitant in rejecting his earlier views on certain issues and presenting a new and revised understanding. This was what helped in bringing about a fundamental change in Neruda’s personality and in his writings. This is also the reason why many critics divide Neruda’s writings into those of a poet who wrote political poetry with commitment and the poet of the ‘other’ kind of poetry. However, I would like to argue against this proposition. Though it is often said that politics is only one dimension of a person, in my opinion, it is necessary to add that no human experience exists without this dimension. Therefore, this division would mean denying all that is human. He has written about war and about machines, about cities and about rooms, about love, and wine, about death and about freedom. Therefore to separate his ethics from his aesthetics will mean distancing the man from his poetry. Neruda thought that those who want to separate the political poetry from the rest are enemies of poetry. These conclusions by the poet were derived from his own vital experiences.