The accessibility of Pablo Neruda's poetry is demonstrated in the
             film "IL Postino", where Neruda's poetry plays and important part in the
             development of Mario, a postman in a small Italian town. The accessibility
             of Neruda's poetry is tied closely to his use of contemporary language, and
             the range of his subjects and sheer volume of his work. In addition, the
             ability of the user to identify with Neruda's poetry and adapt his works
             for his own needs is an important component of the accessibility of
             Neruda's poetry was largely so accessible because it was based on
             contemporary spoken language. Neruda's poetry was always written in the
             language of the people, rather than in the language of academia or of
             history. As such, his poetic works rarely contained obscure literary
             references that confused the general reader. Further, Neruda's poetry did
             not use convoluted turns of phrase or difficult words that would alienate
             the common person. Instead, Neruda's use of contemporary spoken language
             for the basis of his poetry helped make his works widely accessible.
             Neruda uses the ease of the language in his poems to make poetry
             accessible to Mario. Neruda even goes so far as to make poetry accessible
             to Mario by declaring ""We poets are all fat" (Il Postino). He patiently
             teaches Mario about the "metafora" with examples from his own poetry.
             Soon, Mario's exposure to Neruda's work results in Mario creating clever
             metaphors like "your laugh is a sudden silvery spoon" (Il Postino).
             The accessibility of Pablo Neruda's poetry is likely tied to the
             depth of his subjects and range. Neruda wrote about political struggles,
             social conditions, as well as human emotions like love in works like Cien
             sonetos de amor (1959), dedicated to his wife Matilde Urrutia (Poetry
             Connection; USA Today). While some of his works like Residencia en la
             tierra (1933) were esoteric and surre...