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Forgive me if my eyes see no more clearly than sea foam…

“Forgive me if my eyes see no more clearly than sea foam, please forgive that my form grows outward without license and never stops: monotonous is my song, my word is a shadow bird, fauna of stone and sea, the grief of a winter planet, Incorruptible. Forgive me this sequence of water, of rock, of…” quote by Pablo Neruda
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““Forgive me if my eyes see no more clearly than sea foam, please forgive that my form grows outward without license and never stops: monotonous is my song, my word is a shadow bird, fauna of stone and sea, the grief of a winter planet, Incorruptible. Forgive me this sequence of water, of rock, of foam, of the tide’s delirium: this is my loneliness: salt in sudden leaps against the walls of my secret being, in such a way that I am a part of winter, of the same flat expanse that repeats from bell to bell, in wave after wave, and from a silence like a woman’s hair, a silence of seaweed, a sunken song.””

Pablo Neruda

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

The speaker expresses deep loneliness and yearning, using sea imagery to convey an endless, unchanging sorrow that feels both elemental and personal.

In simple terms: Loneliness described through sea metaphors.

Key Takeaway

Embrace connection to ease isolation.

Themes

loneliness nature existential artistic expression

Mood

melancholic contemplative

Type

poetic lyaphorical

When to use this quote

  • personal reflection
  • creative writing
  • therapy
  • meditation
  • grief processing

Key Concepts

metaphor solitude identity impermanence

Questions to Reflect On

  • How does nature reflect your inner state?
  • What anchors can break the monotony?
A Different Perspective

The abstract language may obscure practical coping steps.

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