Exploring Spanish Literature

 This poem is a sonnet titled "XXII Amor" by Pablo Neruda. It starts off with describing love without site, where love comes from so many places, like what you hear, then just how one may appear. Line 4 states that "You are the aroma of the cereales that I love" so the poet here is referring to a small detail of life and connecting it to an overarching idea about what love. We often see commas in the middle of lines, but on line 11, a period is separating two part of the line, which is unusual. I believe the volta appears at the beginning of the second to last line, so this period may be used to trigger the volta.  He describes love without really knowing it and describes it was this indirect thing that sometimes cannot be identified until it passes. The poet ends the poem with a metaphor. "Frente a mis ojos estabas, reinándome, y reinas. Como hoguera en los bosques el fuego es tu reino." This metaphor compares the love for this other person to a bonfire i...

 Hola! Hoy voy a escribir reflexiones solo en español. Estoy practicando y quiero ser mejor al escribir en español. Ahora, estoy viendo a una poema que se llama "Poema de Amor XXII" por Pablo Neruda. Estudio sobre la vida de Neruda y estos son algunos aspectos relevantes. Pablo Neruda fue el Senator de Chile. Él nació en el año 1904 en Parral, Chile. El fue un político y un poeta. Los dos cosas son muy diferentes, y este es muy interesante. El ganó el "Nobel Prize in Literature" en 1971. Escribió muchos sonetos, entonces era muy dificíl para elegir una para estudiar. En el proximo publicación, voy a hablar sobre los aspectos importantes sobre soneto XXII y la idea de amor.  

 This week, I will discuss some things I have been doing recently. I started a non profit this summer and connected it to a service club at my school, where I can gain members who share the same passions that I do. (For more info about my non profit, visit spanishsupportanddiscovery.org) I recently went into a Spanish class at a local elementary school and did an activity with the young students. It was such a fun experience and they also asked me all sorts of personal questions and we had many fun conversations in Spanish. I also have been uploading weekly Spanish grammar youtube tutorials, that focuses on a different concept per week. I am in the process of reaching out to principals at elementary/middle schools across San Diego to gain more clients. During our service meetings, we will also create awareness of current events in Spanish speaking countries, and it will be a time for everyone to discuss some of these major events. I also have a friend who recently became president ...