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The poem that comes closest to saying what i think is the one in human wishes called "rusia en 1931." this poem is about [osip] mandelstam, who was a great poet and an anti-stalinist, and [cesar] vallejo, who was a great poet and a stalinist.
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The Poem That Comes Closest To Saying

Robert Hass
The poem that comes closest to saying what i think is the one in human wishes called "rusia en 1931." this poem is about [osip] mandelstam, who was a great poet and an anti-stalinist, and [cesar] vallejo, who was a great poet and a stalinist.
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