Ricardo Jaimes Freyre
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Ricardo Jaimes Freyre was a Peruvian-born Bolivian poet.
-influenced verse, which frequently took advantage of free verse
forms, was important in the development of Latin American modernism.
Freyre spent much of his time abroad, especially in Argentina.
the "short-lived but influential" review Revista de América.
His works were also influenced by Norse mythology.
Background and early years
Born in Tacna, Peru on May 12, 1868, his SymbolistSymbolism (arts)
Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
-influenced verse, which frequently took advantage of free verse
Free verse
Free verse is a form of poetry that refrains from consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.Poets have explained that free verse, despite its freedom, is not free. Free Verse displays some elements of form...
forms, was important in the development of Latin American modernism.
Freyre spent much of his time abroad, especially in Argentina.
Collaboration with Rubén Darío
He founded, in collaboration with Rubén DaríoRubén Darío
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
the "short-lived but influential" review Revista de América.
His works were also influenced by Norse mythology.