Irene Perez

Index: 1. Poem: If you forget me (Pablo Neruda).

1.1 Biography of Pablo Neruda.

1.2 Description of the poem.

1.3 Mental Image of the poem.

2. Song: sweet child o' mine (Guns 'n' Roses).

2.1 Biography of Guns 'n' Roses.

2.2 Description of the song.

2.3 Mental image of the poem.

3. Bibliografical references.

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1. Poem: IF YOU FORGET ME (PABLO NERUDA) I want you to know 5 one thing. 2 You know how this is: 5 if I look 5 at the crystal moon, at the red branch 8 of the slow autumn at my window, 7 if I touch 3 near the fire 3 the impalpable ash 5 or the wrinkled body of the log, 9 everything carries me to you, 8 as if everything that exists, 8 aromas, light, metals, 5 were little boats 3 that sail 2 toward those isles of yours that wait for me. 9 Well, now, 2 if little by little you stop loving me 9 I shall stop loving you little by little. 9 If suddenly 2 you forget me 3 do not look for me, 5 for I shall already have forgotten you. 8 If you think it long and mad, 7 the wind of banners 5 that passes through my life, 5 and you decide 4 to leave me at the shore 6 of the heart where I have roots, 7 remember 3 that on that day, 4 at that hour, 3 I shall lift my arms 5 and my roots will set off 6 to seek another land. 6

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But 1 if each day, 3 each hour, 2 you feel that you are destined for me 10 with implacable sweetness, 6 if each day a flower 6 climbs up to your lips to seek me, 8 ah my love, ah my own, 6 in me all that fire is repeated, 7 in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten, 10 my love feeds on your love, beloved, 9 and as long as you live it will be in your arms 12 without leaving mine. 5

1.1 Biography of Pablo Neruda The author of the poem is Pablo Neruda. He was born in Chile in 1904, and he died in 1973.

He participated in politics and he was one of the best poets in the XX century. He won the nobel prize in the 1971.

1.2 Description of the poem The narrator is a boy and he’s talking to his lover. The speaker refersto himself in the first person. An irregular poem. Without rhyme, and it hasn’t the same number of syllables in all verses.

In the second stanza the boy is talking about the girl. He says that when he looks at the moon he remembers the girl because for him she is like a moon, because she is the light of his life. And a broken branch looks like the girl because she is fragile, and he has to protect her. And if he touches the ash near the fire, or a trunk it reminds him the girl’s body.

The trunk, the fire and the ash are a metaphor. It means the girl’s life. The trunk reminds a young girl, the fire when she is an adult and a moment full of love and passion. And the ash when she is older .

The third stanza and in the fourth stanza says that if she forgets him day by day he will forget her too. He will know when she forgets him. Because he can feel it, and so he could forget her inthat precise moment.

In the fifth stanza there are metaphors. Here he is saying that his lover thinks that he has a lot of girlfriends. The author expresses it with metaphors because he refers to a •

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boy with a lot of girlfriends with a long and mad wind who passes throught his life.

In this verses: “and you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots, remember that on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms and my roots will set off to seek another land”. He says that if she decides to leave him alone even if he is in love with her, he will go to look for to other women.

In the last stanza he says: “if each day a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me”.

This is a metaphor because, for me, this flower means the wish to kiss him, and this wish was born like a flower,this wish blooms suddenly and she feels that she has to do it. And the boy is so happy, he feels that this is forever, he will not forget her, and she returns to look like a fire, hot.

1.3 Mental image

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2. SONG: SWEET CHILD O' MINE (GUNS 'N' ROSES) She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything Was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry Sweet child o' mine Sweet love of mine She's got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of rain I hate to look into those eyes And see an ounce of pain Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place Where as a child I'd hide And pray for the thunder And the rain To quietly pass me by Sweet child o' mine Sweet love of mine Where do we go Where do we go now Where do we go Sweet child o' mine

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2.1 Biography of Guns 'n' Roses Guns’ n’ Roses is a group of rock music. They started playing California, in 1985.

2.1 Description of the song He is talking about his childhood. He miss misses it. He use uses a metaphor, because he is talking about a girl who means his childhood.

This girl is very pretty. She is very innocent, he expresses it with these verses : “She's got a smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories”. He misses this time. When he was little and happy. He expresses it with these words: “Now and then when I see her face she takes me away to that special place and if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry”. This girl has blue eyes, the author uses a metaphor to express it: “She's got eyes of the bluest skies”. He loves her. He wants to see her happy, because he says “I hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain”. He likes to be with her, he feels safe and warm, like when he was little.

2.2 Mental image

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3. BIBLIOGRAFICAL REFERENCES Mental image of the poem taken from: http://imagenesparaelpin.net/imagenesenamorados-adolescentes.html [accesed: 28/ 02/ 2013] Author: pompe Mental image of the song taken from: http://favim.com/image/620008/ [accesed 28/ 02/ 2013] Author: flanders-idiota.tumblr.com

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