Make a critical appraisal of the poetic devices used in the poem, “Tonight I can Write”. 

Neruda makes use of several literary devices in ‘Tonight I Can Write’. These include but are not limited to imagery, alliteration, and juxtaposition.  The poem consists of night imagery, and the alliteration of the consonant sound “s” all through the lines reflect the quiet night. The night could be both treacherous and beautiful, and this could also reflect the persona’s relationship. Pablo Neruda employs vivid nature imagery to express the loss of his love in this poem – probably the last time he is writing about the woman he once loved and lost.

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