Doug
I have a large selected Neruda and about 5 volumes complete but that of
course represents only a modest portion of his prodigious output. I didn't
recognise the epigraph altho' I suspect it is of his Fifties (early) style
but wouldn't bet on that. Like Alison I _was_ confused by the presentation
but eventually settled for the idea that it must be an epigraph above the
line where Pablo gets ironed. I know people make blunders in quickfire
e-mails, but in an announcement like that....
I too am not sure of the application of Neruda's metaphor.
david
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> >And to david, that was the title of Neruda's poem quoted as epigraph
(which
> >I suspect you knew...).
>
> Thanks, Douglas - I was riffling through my Neruda books, looking for the
> poem, and couldn't find it - I read the line as part of the poem, rather
> than an epigraph. No, it's not as bad as everyone's saying, though
> turning Neruda's metaphor round like that sort of bothers me - I've a
> feeling the earth _is_ being ironed, and not in the sense she wishes -
>
> A
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