Pablo Neruda uses figurative language in order to depict the theme of nostalgia. An example of this is, “The land I had lost with my childhood--- and I stopped, wounded by the wandering scent.” This represents how Neruda has forgotten about the joy of being outdoors when he was a child. It states that he is “wounded by the wandering scent.” This portrays that he is hurt when thinking about this particular, past memory. Although it could exemplify that this is a bad memory, he is actually hurt because of him wanting his childhood back. This is also shown in, “As if suddenly the roots I had left behind cried out to me.” Neruda is desperately seeking his origin. He suddenly receives a vision of him being lost in the forest as a young boy, and