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Ode to Wine

Summary- Ode to Wine is a poem telling people about wine and making people see something as simple as wine in a different light.
Shifts- In the beginning of the poem, Neruda is talking about the different kinds of wines. He then starts saying the effects wine has on people. He then moves to turning a woman's body into aspects of wine. At the end he puts true meaning behind the wine.
Theme-Something as simple as wine can be beautified.
Title- Ode to Wine. It is dedicating the poem to wine and showing its significance.
Imagery-
  • Wine stirs the spring (Personification... Wine can't stir, and spring can't be stirred)
  • Happiness bursts through the earth like a plant (Simile... The happiness is emerging through nothing like a plant emerges from the ground.)
  • The line of your hip becomes the brimming curve of the wine goblet (Metaphor... He is saying that the woman's hip is curvy like the wine goblet.
Connotations-
  • My darling
Conflict-No conflict, just a man's love for wine.

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