在à丁美洲文学史上，聂鲁达是现代主义思潮兴盛之后崛起的诗人，他的作品具有高度的思想性和艺术力量，对à丁美洲诗歌产生了深刻影响。
One time， investigating in the backyard of our house in Temuco the tiny objects and minuscule beings of my world， I came upon a hole in one of the boards of the fence. I looked through the hole and saw a landscape like that behind our house， uncared for， and wild. I moved back a few steps， because I sensed vaguely that something was about to happen. All of a sudden a hand appeared — a tiny hand of a boy about my own age. By the time I came close again， the hand was gone， and in its place there was a marvelous white sheep.