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MYTHICAL FOUNDING OF BUENOS AIRES by JORGE LUIS BORGES

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: AND WAS IT ALONG THIS TORPID MUDDY RIVER
Last Line: HARD TO BELIEVE BUENOS AIRES HAD ANY BEGINNING. %I FEEL IT TO BE AS ETERNAL AS AIR AND WATER
Subject(s): ARGENTINA; CITIES; HISTORY; SOUTH AMERICA;

Poem Sources:

TWENTIETH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN POETRY; A BILINGUAL ANTHOLOGY.
  TAPSCOTT, STEPHEN (ED.)
  (1996)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1923-1967. EDITED BY NORMAN THOMAS DI GIOVANNI.
  BORGES, JORGE LUIS
  (1972)
 
SELECTED POEMS. EDITED BY ALEXANDER COLEMAN.
  BORGES, JORGE LUIS
  (1999)
 



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