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    A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered"
    A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered"
    A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered"
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    A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered"

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    A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535823753
    A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered"

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      A Study Guide for Pablo Neruda's "Fully Empowered" - Gale

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      Fully Empowered

      Pablo Neruda

      1962

      Introduction

      Fully Empowered is a poem by Pablo Neruda, who is considered to be one of the greatest twentieth-century poets. The poem was first published in Spanish in 1962 in the volume of the same title, Plenos poderes, which was translated into English as Fully Empowered by Alastair Reid in 1975. This book was reprinted in 2001 with an introduction by Reid. Both editions are bilingual, with the Spanish text appearing alongside the English translation. The poem can also be found in The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, edited and with an introduction by Ilan Stavans, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2003. Another translation of the poem, titled Full Powers, can be found in the collection of Neruda's poems Five Decades: Poems, 1925-1970, translated by Ben Belitt and published by Grove Press in 1994.

      Neruda wrote Fully Empowered quite late in his long poetic career. It is a personal, highly symbolic poem that employs images that recur many times in Neruda's poetry. It might be understood to refer to the poet's creative process and his role as a poet. With its richness of imagery and the affirmative joy of its theme, Fully Empowered is an intriguing introduction to Neruda's work.

      Author Biography

      One of Latin America's greatest poets, Neruda was born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto in Parral, Chile, on July 12, 1904. His mother died when he was an infant, and in 1906 he moved with his father to Temuco in southern Chile. At school he was encouraged in his early literary efforts by the poet Gabriela Mistral, who recognized his talent. By the time he graduated from high school he had already published poetry in local newspapers

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