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Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórrida

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Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórida is a poem by Venezuelan scholar and poet Andrés Bello. Written during his time in England, it is part of a larger, unfinished epic poem titled América. The poem itself is a poetic depiction of the products of tropical America, celebrating the virtues of rural life in a style reminiscent of Virgil. It is considered one of the most well-known poems of 19th-century Spanish-American literature.12

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