Pablo Neruda And Ovid's

Pablo Neruda, Ovid, and Mick Jagger? Normally, one would not associate these three figures together. Neruda and Ovid are legendary bards who have been appreciated as writers of beautiful poetry for a long time. However, the Rolling Stones are a rock band, and an aggressive one at that. The Stones became popular as a symbol for rebellion; they were seen as people who were anything but refined. And even though they are regarded as legendary today, the Stones’ music still comes across as loud, in-your-face, and intimidating. However, upon analyzing their lyrics in comparison to Neruda’s and Ovid’s own, one will realize that there are many shared themes, especially when it comes to the writers’ conceptions of love. In many of Ovid and Neruda’s

In their respective renouncements of the fantastical definition of love, all three writers were expressing ideas that were (and still are) bold and groundbreaking, and to get their audience’s attention and trust, the authors had to resort to specific techniques. Pablo Neruda’s method was to fill his poems with beautiful language. For example, in “Thinking, Tangling Shadows,” lines like “Thinking, freeing birds, dissolving images” (3) and “Belfry of fogs, how far away, up there” (5) have a resonant quality. Also, words like “dissolving” and “Belfry” sound nice to the ear. In adding this musical, melodic aspect to his poetry, Neruda instantly draws them in and gains their attention. This allows him to share his unconventional view on love. Ovid takes a different approach to reach the same goal. Ovid uses extremely colloquial language in his poetry. For example, in The Amores: Book Two’s 13th poem, Ovid’s first two lines go “Corinna got pregnant - and rashly tried an abortion” (1) and “Now she’s lying in danger of her life” (2). Here, Ovid’s speaker sounds like he is having a conversation with the reader. This quality makes the reader regard Ovid as a friend, and it consequently gives Ovid a platform to deliver his view on love. The Stones use yet another approach to deliver their ideas. In their song “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” the first line, “I was born in a cross-fire hurricane” instantly calls for the reader’s attention. The powerful first line is an attribute that features in many of the band’s songs, and like in this song, those lines get the listener’s attention and allow the Stone’s to get their message across. So, all three writers use their own tactics to get their unorthodox view on love