Tabaré
poetry by Zorrilla de San Martín
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Tabaré is a long historical verse epic by Uruguayan poet Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, first published in 1886. The poem is based on a legend about the love between a Spanish girl and an Indigenous boy. It is written in six cantos and is considered a significant work of Romanticism in Latin American literature, depicting the fate of the Charrúa Indigenous people who were defeated by Spanish invaders. Zorrilla de San Martín was also known for his patriotic odes and held various government posts throughout his life.12
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