The Compositio in Quevedo's Pastoral Poetry

Abstract

This article aims to study the syntax of style in Quevedo’s pastoral poetry, perhaps the most ignored aspect of elocution in modern criticism. To do so, I will use a relatively wide textual set that will allow us to make different approaches to the three main types of compositio: the loose style, the period of members and the circular period. The examination of this facet will help to unravel the complex poetic tangle of Quevedo’s verses, as well as to better interpret their structure in the lyrical discourse, through the different meters and strophes that make up his bucolic poetry.