How did Pablo Neruda counter Frau Frieda’s claims to clairvoyance?
Solution and Explanation
The lady travelled from Naples along with Neruda and his wife on the same ship, but they had not seen each other on board. They invited her to have coffee at their table, and the author urged her to talk about her fantasies to surprise the poet. Pablo Neruda paid no attention, for he had announced that he did not believe in prophetic dreams from the very beginning. 'Only poetry is clairvoyant,' he said.
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