The poem “The Laughter” by Pablo Neruda reflects the real feelings and situations that Neruda underwent throughout his life. In spite of all the difficulties and hardships, he finds his own native people smiling and laughing at him which gives him the strength to move on. Their ‘laughter’ signifies the happy faces of his people which is a result of his struggle and sacrifices. He uses metaphor throughout the poem which compares the laughter of his beloved to many achievements and happiness of the people. His struggles can only be recognized by the people of Native America who themselves too have witnessed such struggles in their life.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

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