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  <title><![CDATA[Versos Sencillos: Simple Verses (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[José Martí]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Versos sencillos</em> is one of the greatest classics of Spanish poetry but there is nothing &quot;musty&quot; about it. It is always fresh and new. Contrary to what the previous reviewer opined, there is nothing &quot;maladroit&quot; about the translation. Besides the obvious merit of being the first tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64068568">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sintesis de humanismo, amor y candidez, así califiqué las cualidades de los Versos Sencillos de José Martí, al leerlos por primera vez en mi etapa infantil. Aquella Rosa Blanca cultivada en Julio como en Enero era más que esa flor en el centro de un jardín, el símbolo de la amistad imperecede...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77476142">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This poem is great but the translation often fails to capture the sense of the original as well as sticking slavishly to a maladroit rhyme scheme. For that I have given this book four and not five stars, since those who can read the original can ignore the nefas on the opposite page.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Marti's poems are simply fantastic. They depict an era long gone but he does it so vividly that it's not hard to get transported back in time. (especially Verses I, V and XIX).<br/>The translation is not bad, as a matter of fact it's very good, nonetheless many sentences have been chaged as a means...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21186459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Marti writes some beautiful poetry.  I just recently read some of his poems for Spanish class.  My favorites are &quot;Poema XLIV&quot; (a very sweet poem about friendship) de Versos sencillos and &quot;Copa con alas&quot; (very romantic) de Versos libres.]]></body>
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