Ode to My Suit Analysis

Well, Shmoopers, here's the plain truth: there's neither form nor meter in Ode to My Suit. Nary a rhyme or trace of rhythm can be found, even in the original Spanish version. In fact, the poem is s...

Our speaker never gives himself a name, or even gets too specific about anything at all. But yet, we learn a lot about him in this brief poem. For one, he likes a well-made suit (at least we can as...

The poem might begin in the bedroom, but it doesn't stay there long. As the speaker wakes, showers, and puts on his suit, he's prepared to meet the world—with its people, struggles, and events. H...

Though the poem may seem totally free of rhyme and rhythm, there's one big thing we have to keep in mind: it's a translation. Okay, Shmoopers, so you may be saying, surely there are plenty of rhyme...

Neruda isn't hiding any secrets in his title—the poem actually is an ode to a suit. Now, an ode is a poetic form of praise or appreciation, originating all the way back to ancient Greece. You may...

Neruda wrote an entire book of odes to things like suits, wine, and even artichokes. Within these odes, written in non-complicated, straightforward language, he attempts to dig deeper into the ordi...

Neruda wanted his odes to reflect the simple beauty of the world; there's no difficult allusions, symbolism, or vocabulary slowing us down in this one, even if the poem does use this simplicity to...

Pablo please—Neruda's real name is Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. (Source.)Neruda has been called "the Whitman of the South." (Source.) By the age of 20, Neruda was already a well-known Chilean...

Between the speaker and his suit flows only the most platonic love. Nothing risqué here, folks.