How Aztec Poetry Works

[Michael McCafferty]

Dear Dr. Bierhorst:

This is a very curious site. Thank you for sharing it.

I'm curious about your background in Nahuatl. Moreover, have you 
translated these poems yourself from Nahuatl to English or is this a 
work, much like Coleman Barks' Rumi "translations," (excellent for what 
they are) in which you do not in essence translate but rely on others' 
work to, in effect, reproduce the old poems in English.

In this connection, I'm curious about this "swan" translation for 
quechol(li), since a quecholli is not a swan. Is this poetic license at 
work, and, if so, does poetic license actually further our knowledge of 
Nahuatl and of the Nahuatl-speaking community of the past?

Yet, again, thank you for sharing this. It looks very interesting.

Michael McCafferty

Quoting "jbierhorst at aol.com" <jbierhorst at aol.com>:

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> An article entitled "How Aztec Poetry Works" has been posted on the
> Mexicolore website at:
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> http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/index.php?one=azt&two=aaa&id=517&typ=reg
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> This is a simple explanation, using techniques drawn from corpus
> linguistics -- and with a link to the University of Texas website
> <utdi.org> for more complete information.
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