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HYMN AMONG THE RUINS by OCTAVIO PAZ

Poet Analysis

First Line: SELF CROWNED THE DAY DISPLAYS ITS PLUMAGE
Last Line: WORDS WHICH ARE FLOWERS BECOME FRUITS WHICH ARE DEEDS
Subject(s): RUINS;

Poem Sources:

POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM. VOLUME 1. FROM FIN-DE-SIECLE TO NEGRITUDE.
  ROTHENBERG, JEROME, AND JORIS, PIERRE (EDS.)
  (1995)
 
TWENTIETH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN POETRY; A BILINGUAL ANTHOLOGY.
  TAPSCOTT, STEPHEN (ED.)
  (1996)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS: VOL. 2, 1939 - 1962.
  WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS
  (1986)
 
SELECTED POEMS. ELIOT WEINBERGER (ED.)
  PAZ, OCTAVIO
  (1984)
 



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