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The Poetic Voice of Luis de León in ‘No siempre es poderosa’

  • Terence O’Reilly

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Abstract

The article examines how the poetic voice operates in one of the odes dedicated by Fray Luis to his friend Pedro Portocarrero. It focuses on three aspects. First, the structure of the reasoned argument that the voice presents. Second, the combination in the voice of two literary traditions, one classical, the other biblical, and how this synthesis influences the definition of true virtue that the poem celebrates. Third, the biographical context of the voice and the question of its tone, which here, as in many poems by Fray Luis, is not easy to gauge.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)214-223
Number of pages10
JournalHispanic Research Journal
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 May 2016

Keywords

  • Bible
  • Council of Trent
  • Epictetus
  • Horace
  • imitatio
  • Patristic exegesis
  • poetic voice
  • structure
  • tone

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