" The speaker of that poem urges, "Rise up to be born with me, my brother."
In one work by this poet, the speaker wishes he could go "through the streets with a green knife / shouting until I died of cold." That poem by him begins with the declaration, "It happens that I am tired of being a man." In another poem by him, the lines "The night is shattered / and the blue stars shiver in the distance" are evidence of the opening declaration, "Tonight I can write the saddest lines." This poet of "Walking Around" wrote a collection of Elemental Odes, as well as a poem that expresses the desire to "scrape the innards" of the title location "until I touch mankind." The speaker of that poem urges, "Rise up to be born with me, my brother." For 10 points, name this Chilean poet of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, and "The Heights of Machu Picchu," which appears in Canto General.
In one work by this poet, the speaker wishes he could go "through the streets with a green knife / shouting until I died of cold."
Pablo Neruda [or Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto]