be denied that in the Doloras Campoamor's special gifts of irony, grace and pathos find their best expression. Taking a commonplace theme, he presents in four, eight or twelve lines a perfect miniature of condensed emotion. By his choice of a vehicle he has avoided the fatal facility and copiousness which have led many Spanish poets to destruction. It pleased him to affect a vein of melancholy, and this affectation has been reproduced by his followers. He died at Madrid on February 12, 1901. References Attribution External links 19th-century Spanish poets 1817 births 1901 deaths People from Asturias Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Spanish male poets 19th-century male writers