Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Poetry - Pablo Neruda', 1.
Extract

1. <Tab/><Tab/>The speaker in this poem is the persona, because first person is used ("I").
2.<Tab/> <Tab/>The character of the speaker changes from the beginning of the poem to the end. At the beginning the character is unsure in his words and actions, can't find an answer to his questions: "I don't know, I don't know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don't know how or when", "I did not know what to say". The character has also lost his identity: "there I was without a face", "my eyes were blind".
By the end of the poem,…

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