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COMPASS [UNA BRUJULA] by JORGE LUIS BORGES

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: ALL THINGS ARE WORDS OF SOME STRANGE TONGUE, IN THRALL
Last Line: SOME BIRD, PERHAPS, WHO SHIFTS A BIT IN SLEEP

Poem Sources:

SONNETS.
  HOLLANDER, JOHN (ED.)
  (2001)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1923-1967. EDITED BY NORMAN THOMAS DI GIOVANNI.
  BORGES, JORGE LUIS
  (1972)
 
NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS.
  WILBUR, RICHARD
  (1988)
 



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