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  pta06
  Oct 18 5:22 AM 2006
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  Just wondering what this poem (i cultivate a white rose) by jose marti was rfering to...is it to do with the cuban revolution???
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  I-Like-Rhymes
  October 18, 2006
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  According to the language of flowers web site http://www.pioneerthinking.com/flowerlanguagel-z.html
  the white rose symbolises - Eternal Love ; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence.
  I think it fits well with the poem.
  Jim
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  mantell
  November 12, 2006
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  mantell

  "Cultivo una rosa blanca" does indeed refer to the Cuban Revolution — the revolution which Martí waged to gain Cuba's independence from Spain in the 19th century. That Revolution (1895-1898) was indeed waged without hate and consummated without revenge. Subsequent Cuban revolutions, unfortunately, do not fit that criteria.

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