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O Guarani 21.57 · 21.57

The primitive poet

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Poeta primitivo, canta a natureza na mesma linguagem da natureza; ignorante do que se passa nele, vai procurar nas imagens que tem diante dos olhos, a expressão do sentimento vago e confuso que lhe agita a alma.

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A primitive poet, he sings nature in the very language of nature; ignorant of what goes on within him, he goes to seek in the images before his eyes the expression of the vague and confused feeling that stirs his soul.

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