If You Forget Me Analysis

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and 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.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

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This poem is a song to love and separation. It is laughing and crying in the same time. Love is powerful that makes you feel victorious or destoyed. Love is forgiveness,is sacrifice,is happiness,is sadness,is hope,is kiss the wind with your thoughts.
xoxo ^^*

| Posted on 2009-11-17 | by a guest

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I think this is about two lovers and that the man isn't really commited as if he doesn't care and it's like he's saying if you leave me that's fine with me.
like he's trying to say that i won't be comming behind you... or it could be that he really respects her wishes and doesn't want to pull her to two sides and wants her to be happy with or without him.
I think it's a lovely poem. It has such a deep meaning which you can't get by just reading it over once.

| Posted on 2009-11-14 | by a guest

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I think this poem is about a man who truly loves a woman, but at the same time also respects her wishes. Hence he says that if the woman forgets him, he will move on. However I wish he said that he would prove his love for her and never let her forget him.

| Posted on 2009-11-13 | by a guest

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"the best artists always have he last words"
~Pablo Neruda

| Posted on 2009-10-23 | by a guest

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i think that this poem is about lovers who are really not committed to each other. in my opinion, if you are really committed you will not forget each other when tough times comes.

| Posted on 2009-09-14 | by a guest

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In my opinion, this poem is about to lovers. One says to the other. "I love you with all my heart, and i will always be drawn twords you if you love me. But if you stop loving me, i will move on. But if you come back, and never give up, My love for you will return, the same as it had been."

| Posted on 2009-05-26 | by a guest

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i really love this poem after i saw it on the journal of one of a good host in television.
all i wanna say is that.. love really hurts people...
we expect love in return and it just ruins everything

| Posted on 2009-05-20 | by a guest

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I feel that this particular poem is about the love of a man to a woman. He doesn't know is she feels the same way and if she doesn't then he will move on but if she does then they will be together?

| Posted on 2009-05-12 | by a guest

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this poem is awsome it really gets you to think if all the guys could be that caring.

| Posted on 2009-04-23 | by a guest

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He loves her.He wants to feel what she feels so he doesn't get hurt, but he knows that because every time he sees ANYTHING, it reminds him of her. She can only "fuel" the fire with her love, because when two fires come together they grow bigger, and that's what he wants. As the fires separate they slowly die away alone.

| Posted on 2009-04-19 | by a guest

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I agree that this poem is about love between a man and a women. But i cant help but be stumped by the second stanza, with his references to the autumn, and ash that he is ageing and then the reference to the boats to take him away, the stanza gives me a sense that he talking to God about after death.

| Posted on 2009-03-15 | by a guest

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In my opinion, this poem is about how when you're in a relationship and if the other person starts to "forget about you" in order to not getting hurt, you start to do the same. It's human nature to have some sort of "payback", even if it is as simple as stopping loving someone.

| Posted on 2009-01-29 | by a guest

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In my opinion i think the poem is about a women he loves but that they cant be together. So he's trying to forget about her by not caring about her. :)

| Posted on 2009-01-12 | by a guest

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i love this poem. to me it is about true love. you will sacrifice your love for the other person but if they are not going to care for you then why sould you care for them.

| Posted on 2008-12-06 | by a guest

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In my own opinion this poem is about working to keep the passion in a relationship alive. This poem emphasizes that passion is needed to fuel love, and love feeds on love. It is a very intricate poem and can be interpreted in so many way.

| Posted on 2008-10-02 | by a guest

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This poem is generally about a man who is in love with a woman, but is not sure if she feels the same way. Therefore, he says that he will feel whatever she feels so he won't get hurt or look stupid.

| Posted on 2008-04-01 | by a guest