For 10 points, name this Chilean poet of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.
In one poem by this author, the narrator concludes "speak through my words and my blood" after "scal[ing] the ladder of the earth" to reach the title location. This poet concluded a set of poems with one that begins "Tonight I can write the saddest lines." This author wrote poems "to Conger Chowder" and "to an Artichoke" as part of his Elemental Odes, and included "The Heights of Macchu Picchu" in his collection (*) Canto general. For 10 points, name this Chilean poet of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.
In one poem by this author, the narrator concludes "speak through my words and my blood" after "scal[ing] the ladder of the earth" to reach the title location.
Pablo {Neruda} [or {Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto}]