La rosa de los vientos

poetry by Ibarbourou

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La rosa de los vientos (1930), meaning "Compass Rose," is a poetry collection by Uruguayan writer Juana de Ibarbourou. This work marked a shift in Ibarbourou's writing, moving from the vibrant, sensual themes of love and nature found in her earlier collections like Las lenguas de diamante and Raíz salvaje. In La rosa de los vientos, her poetry began to reflect a sense of declining beauty and vitality. Despite this thematic shift, Ibarbourou remained a highly popular poet in South America.1

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…works gave way later, in La rosa de los vientos (1930; “Compass Rose”), to a sense of declining beauty and vitality and, finally, in Perdida (1950; “Lost”), to an expression of despair. She was deeply affected by her own illness and the deaths of her parents and husband.
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…works gave way later, in La rosa de los vientos (1930; “Compass Rose”), to a sense of declining beauty and vitality and, finally, in Perdida (1950; “Lost”), to an expression of despair. She was deeply affected by her own illness and the deaths of her parents and husband.
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