Information Resources
Listed below are several links. These links lead to biographies of several poets, as well as to translations of some of their poems. You must choose a poem from the available archives to read and analyze.
These poets are arranged by location; that is, whether they're from Spain or Latin America. Then they are organized by their date of birth, from the earliest to the most recent.
-=Spain=-
José de Espronceda - 1808-1842
Biography and links to two poems.
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - 1836-1870
Biography.
Eleven poems.
Federico García Lorca - 1898-1936
Biography and links to five poems.
-=Latin America=-
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - 1651-1695 (Mexico)
Biography.
Four poems.
Three more poems.
José Martí - 1853-1895 (Cuba)
Biography.
Three poems.
José Asunción Silva - 1865-1896 (Colombia)
Biography.
One poem.
Delmira Agustini - 1886-1914 (Uruguay)
Biography.
Links to ten poems. (Note that there are two links on this page that do not work: Number one (Al Claro de Luna - In the Light of the Moon) and number 6 (Explosion).
Gabriela Mistral - 1889-1957 (Chile)
Biography.
Links to three poems.
Two more poems.
Pablo Neruda - 1904-1973 (Chile)
Biography.
Links to thirteen poems.
Octavio Paz - 1914-1998 (Mexico)
Biography.
Four poems.
Once you've selected a poet and a poem, go on to the Guidance page.