Rubén Darío

1867 - 1916, Modernism

Key Points
  • He is the poet that initiated the literary movement of Spanish Modernism

  • Was originally influenced by the poetry style of Latino American and the French literature of his time

  • His work is a synthesis of Parnasianism and Symbolism

  • He cultivates an external and formal beauty in his poems

  • his poems contain an exuberance of adjectives and musicality

  • He also work as a journalist and diplomatic

Relevant Works
  • Azul

  • Cantos de vida y esperanza

  • Poemas de otoño

  • Rimas

  • El canto errante

  • El poema de otoño

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