Tabaré (poem)

For other uses, see Tabaré.

Tabaré is an epic poem written by Uruguayan poet Juan Zorrilla de San Martín.[1]

Written in 1886, it was originally published in 1888. It comprises 4736 verses divided into 10 cantos. The love story between the aboriginal Tabaré and the Spaniard Blanca is a metaphor of the fate of the Charrúas who originally inhabited the Banda Oriental.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Juan Zorrilla por Francisco Arias Solís. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Prólogo a Tabaré por Raúl Montero Bustamante (Spanish)

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