Vallejo and Darío: Two Poets United by a Poem

Abstract

The present work focuses its attention on a poem where César Vallejo and Rubén Darío are united. Vallejo carries out a poetic renovation that breaks with grammar rules and shows a modern soul breaking himself free from the classic rule. It is at this stage when he writes the poem “Symbolista” (Symbolist) that shows a rapprochement towards symbolism, and is presented later in Los Heraldos Negros (Black Heralds) with the title of “Retablo” (Al-tarpiece). Through a comparative analysis between the two versions, one discovers the deep devotion that Vallejo kept to Darío and to verify this unity words and verses that determine it are referred to. Finally, this thesis is corroborated by Gutiérrez Girardot’s opinion who claims that the poem “Retablo” has a shamanic image that conjures Darío’s soul.