Entrance to Wood (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Sex or sexuality, Death or dying, Forests or forestry, Reincarnation, Plants, Roses, Wood
The Poem
“Entrance to Wood” is a lyric poem of seven stanzas written in free verse. It is the first and best known of Pablo Neruda’s Tres cantos materiales, which were included in book 2 of his Residencia series, Residencia en la tierra (1935). The poem that immediately precedes “Entrance to Wood” is “Agua sexual” (“Sexual Water”), which ends with a vision beyond the grave. “Entrance to Wood” can be viewed as a response to that particular experience.
That response begins with the poem’s title, which not only reveals a symbolic shift...
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