Initially, it seemed to me as though it was some sort of protest concerning the socio-political situation of his country Chile. There are various factors and points that lead to this specific conclusion. Therefore, I will here explain briefly some of them.

First of all, I must acknowledge that while having some of the author's biographical information helps enhance comprehension of a specific piece; in this case it became the causal influence of the arrival to a misleading set of premises and conclusions about the poem.

Moreover, the first piece of evidence that pointed to this poem's political nature, is found in the first and last lines of the first paragraph when the author asks " Why such harsh machinery?...must poems be dressed up in gold, in old and fearful stone?" (788). Because of the socio-economic and political crisis Chile was going through since the beginning of Augusto Pinochet'

Down in the sixth paragraph, Neruda openly calls for his brother writers and exhorts them to help him "feed the world" with sweetness when he says, "...do you know the recipe for honeycombs?" and goes on to advise them strongly to forget all their problems.

After making clear what should not be assumed regarding the meaning of this poem, I shall now go on to explain another point of analysis to finally disclose the true message of this piece, and the roots on which it is founded.

In the last paragraph, the author explains, in his view, the meaningfulness of sweetness when he asserts that sweetness will remain alive with or without us by virtue of its presence in every creation, no matter where, or how, sweetness has a place everywhere.

s presidency in 1973, it could be assumed that the "harsh machinery" the poet talks about, refers to guns or bayonets, and that the the "gold" and "old and fearful stones" refer to the gold in the uniforms of high ranked Army officials, and that the old and fearful stones are their jewelry. Let us remember that in a dictatorship, richness is prevalent only those officials that are part of the party or form of government in power.

In the same way, on the seventh paragraph, Neruda invites us to let poetry fill us up, and not to go ahead in life without appreciating , understanding and treasuring those little things that make life beautiful and sweet.

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Approximate Word count = 1467
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)