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Borges believes that metaphors, ....... they are truly metaphors, exist from the beginning of time. .......... we express them differently, he asserts. In his view, all metaphors can be reduced to five or six ......... seem to be essential metaphors. He says that the poet’* task is to discover metaphors ......... they may already exist. (even though, if, which, but)
