Jorge Guillén’s Las doce en el reloj appeared in his first collection of poems, Cántico (1928). Its theme is the completeness reached at a moment in time—noon, the present—by a man, the poet, immersed in a place, the world, which… Read More ›
Spanish poetry analysis
Analysis of Jorge Guillén’s The Power of Pérez
Potencia de Pérez (The Power of Pérez) was published in Maremágnum (1957), a collection of poems that is part of Clamor. Jorge Guillén’s attitude toward the world is less positive in Clamor than in Cántico. The recurring topic is contemporary… Read More ›
Analysis of Federico García Lorca’s The Faithless Wife
“The Faithless Wife” (“La casada infiel”) is part of Gypsy Ballads (Romancero gitano), Federico García Lorca’s most famous poetry cycle (1921–27), which pays tribute to the verve of Spain’s legendary outsiders whose freedom-loving spirit, wild passions, and uncompromising ways had… Read More ›