Does poema XX in pablo nerudas “veinte poemas de amor…” show traditional conventions of love poetry?
Yes, this particular poem shows the traditional concept of unrequited love for a woman who is unattainable, who is identified with the sky and the stars as if to make her even more remote. The poet uses pathetical fallacy as he describes the wind singing mournfully along with himself while he recalls his lost love. Courtly love must be for an idealised subject who remains unattainable. Tender, melancholic, sensuous and passionate…. I can’t get enough of Pablo Neruda!