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Quote by Raúl Zurita
La poesía es la esperanza de lo que no tiene esperanza.
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The quote presents poetry as a source of hope where hope seems impossible. “What has no hope” refers to people, situations, or realities that appear beyond rescue or improvement. Poetry does not erase despair; it gives even hopelessness a language for possibility and endurance.
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