The language Neruda used was poetically descriptive and packed full of imagery. He was a master of literary vehicles such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, allusion, and personification. All of the poems written by Neruda are in Spanish, his native language, and translated to English in this collection. English is not the only language that his poems were translated into many cultures, including Russian and Chinese, were eager to access his poetry and thus his work has been translated into those languages as well. Much can be lost in translation and in some cases, the translation of his poetry has been open to interpretation.