Introduction
“Every day You Play” is a beautiful and one of the most famous poems by ‘Pablo Neruda’, who is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. It describes the overwhelming love a speaker has for the lover. The poet praises his lover for accepting him with all his faults. The poet himself is so aware of his negative traits. This person is a part of every element of the world and empowers him to face the struggles of everyday life. There have been times in their relationship, especially at the beginning, in which things were not perfect.
About ‘Pablo Neruda’
Pablo Neruda the poet of ‘Every day you play’ belonged to a group of Spanish poets. He won lots of hearts by virtue of his poetry. He is known as a poet when he was 13 years old. He wrote in a variety of styles, including – surrealist poems, historical epics, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems. Neruda was known for his great love affairs in addition he had three wives.
Neruda is considered the national poet of Chile and his works have been popular and influential worldwide. For poetry, he has awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971. Among his world-famous poem included – Don’t Be Far Off, When I Die, Die Slowly, Here I Love You, and Walking Around.
Structure Of The Poem
The poem is composed of eight stanzas that are divided into six sets of four lines, one set of five lines, and one set of six lines. It does not follow any specific rhyme or scheme. There are many images in the poem. The pictures that the poet uses to describe an intense love affair.
Themes of the poem “Every day You Play”
Love, Sexuality, and the Loss of Love ones are the Key themes of this poem.
Analysis Of The Poem “Every Day You Play”
The poet begins the poem by detailing the good qualities of love and more specifically of his lover. Each day, the poet holds the head of his lover between his hands like a bunch of flowers. Apparently, he took at the face of the woman he loves and hold her close to him. The speaker declares that he does in fact Love this person. There is nobody he states like this person. He wants to take his lover and lay her among yellow flowers that are strung like clusters. The poet sees her name written in smoke among the southern stars at night.
In the third stanza, a major transition occurs. A sudden storm comes up with the wind beating and banging against his window. The sky is compared with a net full of fish that are difficult to see. The image of the rain taking off the clothes of the woman probably implies that the wet clothing reveals the body almost as much as taking off clothes and probably is more sensual.
Neither the birds nor the poet can fight the wind. When the storm blows, the dark leaves spin; and the wind breaks the boats free that were moored. The storm can throw everything it doesn’t matter. He can stand up against it for the person he loves.
The speaker asks the lover to hold tight to him. He enjoys being with this someone and wants would not run away. He wishes that she depends on him when she is frightened and curled around him when she needs to. At one time, the speaker saw a strange shadow that once ran through his lover’s eyes, everything is not been perfect between the two. In the past, there might have been something that came between them. The wind sadly kills the butterflies by tearing their wings off. He tells her that he loves her, because of his strong emotional tie to the lover. He compares her mouth to a plum that he would like to eat into.
The speaker recalls a moment when they were not as content as they are now. Many times, the two of them have awakened to the morning sun shining on their eyes. Over their heads, the ceiling fans give a light breeze. Speaker compares his lover with the mother of pearls means he says he protects his lover always as the shells protect the pearls. He describes how he will bring happy flowers for his lover, such as bluebells, and dark hazels, and will be accompanied by a basket of kisses means a lot of kisses are care. The final line of the poem is one of the best-known of Neruda’s Oeuvre.
“I want to do with you
what spring does with
the cherry trees.”
The Cherry trees bloom in the spring for about a week or two, then the blossoms are gone and give way to the buds that will become the luscious cherries, like that the poet will plant a seed in spring then she will (which means his lover) blossom with the baby.
