Neruda

Reading Residence on Earth felt a little bit like standing under a waterfall. It has beautiful moments, but it reminded me of Whitman. Apologies if people feel deeply attached to Whitman, but his prolific attempts to capture the whole universe in his poetry sometimes feel contrived and pretentious, and I had a similar experience with Neruda. That being said, he does have some beautiful lines. I wonder what people think of the poem "Taste" and what Neruda's theory of language is from that poem. Also curious about the (enormous) question as to whether poetry can be translated out of one language to another.