Imitation #1: Pablo Neruda, If you forget me

This poem, like all other Neruda poems is beautiful. Pablo Neruda captures such descriptions that truly allow a vivid painting to be pictured in the readers head. In this poem he is telling the woman he loves that as long as she loves him he will love her back however if:
 "you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land."

Neruda speaks to an audience with an imagination. He conveys a message that can be said simply in many different ways and uses many different devices. He uses much repetition to make sure the picture and the pain or the happiness is ingrained in the brain of the reader. How can you forget something when it is repeated over and over and it's beautiful at the same time. 

The poem almost places you directly in the scene. You begin to either reference past experiences you have had or imagine having lived through those experiences. It is great when a poet can capture not only visual effects of a situation but to have the reader emotionally imitate the feelings the poet felt when they wrote it is a concept that takes years for a poet to master, Neruda makes it look easy.

This poem is wonderful and lyrically genius. Enjoy =)