Montale And Nertruda Comparison

Poetry: A genre focused on emotions; that uses figurative language and sound devices to get its message across. Two well known poets are Eugenio Montale and Pablo Neruda. They both use topics such as nature, life/death, and society in their writing. Many poets use nature, life/death, and society as the base ideas for their poetry, Montale and Neruda are good examples of poets who use those topics to their advantage.
Nature is a fundamental aspect of people’s day to day life, so it is understandable that it’s a topic in much of the poetry seen today. Because of this, different authors are bound to portray nature in different ways. In Montale’s poem “The Wall”, he speaks of watching the animal life around him, carrying on without a worry in
In this poem, nature is used more as something to reminisce about, to wish to return to, but not to be enjoyed in present time. This is very different from Montale’s message about enjoying the nature that is all around us. However, the poems are similar in the fact that they both see nature in a positive light. In both poems, nature is to be enjoyed, be it now or in the future. Nature is just one common topic that these poets have both used, life and death is another that has been featured in their
Outlook on society can have a large role in the tone or message, no matter what the topic is and poets view on society is often a motive for their writing. In Montale’s poem “The Wall” he displays the attitude that society doesn’t pay attention to the little things, and that they need to slow down and appreciate what is around them. People tend to look ahead and ignore what is happening around them now. Likely, they will look back on the things that they passed by and wish they had taken the time to appreciate them. Through his poems, Eugenio Montale sends the message that society is going through life to fast and not taking the time to appreciate the world around them. His poem is from the point of view of someone who took the time to look at world around them, and they recognize that it is important to take some time to “stop and smell the roses”. Similarly, Neruda’s poems have the view that society tends to look back on what they did in their past and regret missed opportunities. However, they are different in the fact that Neruda focuses on the past and things that have already have been missed, while Montale focuses on the present and future and things that could be missed. Both authors have the similar view that society in general tends to be on the fast track to the future and miss smaller things along the way to the future. They both have similar themes of slowing down and enjoying the