The Body
The suit is nothing without a person to go inside it. Throughout the poem, the speaker's body serves as a guide for the suit, filling (line 3) and shaping (line 20) it. But the speaker isn't the on...
The Simplicity of Daily Life
In Neruda's odes, the poet re-examines and praises everyday things that often go ignored or are considered too simple to be worthy of poetry—like a suit, a pair of socks, or even a tomato. He the...
The Soul
The speaker only mentions his soul once, but we can bet it's on his mind. In lines 32-34, the suit "flaps and hum[s]/ as if you were my soul" in the wind. This makes the soul seem like an annoyance...