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Dos Palabras
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Author: Isabel Allende Prose Belisa is a poor woman who stumbles upon literacy and sells words for a living. She is somewhat mystical. She is kidnapped by a very powerful man running for political office. She writes him a speech and gives him two secret words (dos palabras) in a very seductive manner. She is released, but he is enamored by the passionate words. She is recaptured to reverse her spell, but the damage is done.
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Lazarillo de Tormes
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Author: anonymous
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Rima LIII (Volverán las oscuras golondrinas)
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Author: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
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Borges y yo
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Author: Jorge Luis Borges
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El Sur
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Author: Jorge Luis Borges
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A Julia de Burgos
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Author: Julia de Burgos
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Segunda carta de relación
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Author: Hernán Cortés
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Don Quijote
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Author: Miguel de Cervantes
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La noche boca arriba
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Author: Julio Cortázar
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A Roosevelt
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Author: Rubén Dario
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Conde Lucanor
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Author: Don Juan Manuel
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El hombre que se convirtió en perro
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Author: Osvaldo Dragun
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Prendimiento de Antonito el Camborio en el Camino de Sevilla
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Author: Federico García Lorca
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El ahogado más hermoso del mundo
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Author: Gabriel García Márquez
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La siesta del martes
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Author: Gabriel García Márquez
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Soneto XXIII (En tanto que de rosa y azucena)
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Author: Garcilaso de Vega Poem, sonnet, 11-syllable lines The poem presents a carpe diem tone that every part of life should be enjoyed daily.
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Soneto CLXVI
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Author: Luis de Góngora
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Balada de los dos abuelos
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Author: Nicolás Guillén
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En una tempestad
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Author: José María Heredia
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Visión de los vencidos
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Author: Miguel León-Portilla
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He andado muchos caminos
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Author: Antonio Machado
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Nuestra América
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Author: José Martí
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Como la vida misma
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Author: Rosa Montero
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Mujer Negra
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Author: Nancy Morejón
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Walking Around
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Author: Pablo Neruda
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Las medias rojas
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Author: Emilia Pardo Bazán prose Ildara is a poor young woman forced to work as a prostitute for her abusive uncle. She saves a lot of money and buys a ticket to America to escape her situation. She is very beautiful, and she can make a living with her beauty. She also purchases new red socks, and the uncle sees her wearing them. Drunk, he is mad that she spent money on herself. He strikes her, scarring her face and knocking out one of her teeth. Her hopes are dashed, and she seemingly is forced to live out her life in current conditions. This is an example of naturalism because Ildara is set on a natural course and stays there until death.
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Salmo XVII (Miré los muros de la patria mía)
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Author: Francisco de Quevedo Poem The speaker looks upon his country, fields, home, and sword with disdain as he realizes the detriment of time and aging.
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Mi caballo mago
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Author: Sabine Ulibarrí Prose This story is a man recalling a childhood experience. In the town where he grew up, he and everyone else, including grown men, was obsessed with this magic horse. The horse represented a desired freedom from control. The man saw the horse only two times. The first was sort of an eternal moment, and he began to dream of the horse with fervor and frequency. The second time, the horse had been tainted with black spots; they met eyes. He easily captured the horse. On the way home, the horse fell; the man felt bad, but continued to chase his dream. He attached the horse to an inescapable post. The man didn't sleep well, and was nervous to see the horse the next morning. The horse had escaped, and blood surrounded the barbed wire on the premises. The boy cried.
