Selected Odes: Poems

A Selection Of Odes From The Poet's Three Volume Works, Printed With The Spanish Originals On Facing Pages. Elemental Odes -- El Hombre Invisible / The Invisible Man -- Oda A La Alcachofa / Ode To An Artichoke -- Oda A Las Americas / Ode To The Americas -- Oda Al Atomo / Ode To The Atom -- Oda A Las Aves De Chile / Ode To The Birds Of Chile -- Oda Al Caldillo De Congrio / Ode To Conger Chowder -- Oda A Una Castana En El Suelo / Ode To A Chestnut On The Ground -- Oda A La Critica / Ode To Criticism -- Oda Al Hilo / Ode To The Thread -- Oda Al Laboratorista / Ode To A Laboratory Technician -- Oda Al Libro (ii) / Ode To The Book (ii) -- Oda A La Madera / Ode To Wood -- Oda A Mirar Pajaros / Ode To Bird-watching -- Oda A Los Numeros / Ode To Numbers -- Oda Al Pajaro Sofre / Ode To A Saffron Finch -- Oda A La Pareja / Ode To A Couple -- Oda Al Pasado / Ode To The Past -- Oda A La Pereza / Ode To Laziness -- Oda A Un Reloj En La Noche / Ode To A Watch In The Night -- Oda Al Tercer Dia / Ode To The Third Day -- Oda Al Tiempo / Ode To Time -- Oda A La Tierra / Ode To The Earth -- Oda Al Tomate / Ode To Tomatoes -- Oda Al Traje / Ode To My Suit -- Oda A La Tristeza / Ode To Sadness -- Oda A Valparaiso / Ode To Valparaiso -- Oda Al Verano / Ode To Summer -- Oda Al Vino / Ode To Wine -- New Elemental Odes -- La Casa De Las Odas / The House Of Odes -- Oda A Los Calcetines / Ode To My Socks -- Oda Al Craneo / Ode To The Cranium -- Oda A La Critica (ii) / Ode To Criticism (ii) -- Oda A La Cruz Del Sur / Ode To The Southern Cross -- Oda Al Diccionario / Ode To The Dictionary. Translated, With An Introduction By Margaret Sayers Peden. Spanish And English Texts On Opposite Pages. Odes probably compiles some of the 'elemental poems' of Neruda; the odas are long vertical poem-portraits of ordinary household items and everyday things such as onions, pants, stones, etc. ...some scholars and Latin American readers consider the odas the best of Neruda's poetic vision and contribution... Offers a selection of the poems Neruda wrote about everday objects, combining Marxist principles with innovative poetic techniques, in the original Spanish with parallel English translations.