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nummyann

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Borgess Spanish original has an English title. Why would he use English?(Hint: Look under John Milton in the Index.)
 
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What images and metaphors does Borges use to describe his blindness?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1


  • He uses English as a way of indicating that his poem is an answer to, or was influenced by, Miltons poem When I consider how my light is spent. In his blindness Borges remembers and honors Milton, a poet who wrote his greatest work while blind.



Answer to Question 2


  • He compares his blindness to a fog or mista fog of constant, tentative light that is at once unchanging and uncertain. He also offers provocative imagesa closed encyclopedia, unseen birds, an invisible moonto suggest the impact of his disability.



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