This poet described a certain insect as "perfect, ancient, Sanskrit, machines that admit of no appeal" in his poem "Fleas Interest Me
This poet described a certain insect as "perfect, ancient, Sanskrit, machines that admit of no appeal" in his poem "Fleas Interest Me So Much." The speaker of another poem by this man tells the addressee that "I want to do with you what spring does to cherry trees," while his best known collection ends with a poem featuring the refrain, "In you everything sank!" This poet also penned odes to an artichoke, a tuna at the market, and his socks, in addition to writing about climbing up to an Incan ruin in "The Heights of Macchu Picchu." For 10 points, name this Chilean poet of the Canto General and Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.
This poet described a certain insect as "perfect, ancient, Sanskrit, machines that admit of no appeal" in his poem "Fleas Interest Me
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