Explain Rapa Nui appears in Rain (Rapa Nui), The Builders of Statues (Rapa Nui)

Also known as Easter Island, Rapa Nui is called the 'navel of the sea' because of its isolated location in the middle of the ocean. Neruda was fascinated by this place, as are many people, but Neruda was not satisfied with the utter lack of information that has been found regarding who may have carved the statues and why. He became fixated and decided he must take poetic license and create these people in order to satisfy his burning curiosity. The result was a series of poems, including Rain (Rapa Nui), where he brings to life two lovers. They are the princess and the peasant, who are trying to escape the palace walls to meet up and make love in the rain. Also, he assumes the voice of the builders of the Easter Island stone statues in The Builders of Statues (Rapa Nui.)