Renaissance of the 16th century and the Baroque of the 17th century. During the Renaissance, poetry became partitioned into culteranismo and conceptismo, which essentially became rivals. Culteranismo used bleak language and hyperbaton. These works largely included neologisms and mythological topics. Such characteristics made this form of poetry highly complex, making comprehension difficult. Conceptismo was a trend using new components and resources. An example of this new extension was the Germanias. Works included comparative and complex sentences. This movement derived from Petrarchanism. During the Baroque period, Satire, Neostoicism, and Mythological themes were also prevalent. Satire tended to be directed to the elites, criticizing the defects of the society. This form of poetry often resulted in severe punishments being administered to the poets. Neostoicism became a movement of philosophical poetry. Ideas from the medieval period resurfaced. Mythological themes were more common in culteranismo. Not until the Generation of 1927 did these poems gain more importance. La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea and Las Soledades are two key works. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas Luis de Góngora y Argote established culteranismo. Félix Lope de Vega Carpio Pedro Calderón de la Barca Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Romanticism Germany and England were the large forces in this movement. Over the course of the late 18th century to the late 19th century, Romanticism spread philosophy and art through Western societies of the world. The earlier part of this movement overlapped with the Age of Revolutions. The idea of the creative imagination was rising above the idea of reason. Minute elements of nature, such as bugs and pebbles, were considered divine. There were many variations of the perception of nature in these works. Instead of allegory, this era moved towards myths and symbols. The power of human emotion emerged during this period. Manuel José Quintana José Zorrilla Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Rosalía de Castro (in Galician and Spanish) José de Espronceda 1898 until 1926 Spain went through drastic changes after the demise of Spain’s colonial empire. French and German inspiration along with Modernism greatly improved the culture of Spain with the works of the Generation of 1898, which were mostly novelists but some were poets. Rubén Darío César Vallejo Pablo Neruda Miguel de Unamuno Antonio Machado Manuel Machado Ultraism 1927 until 1936 The Generation of 1927 were mostly poets. Many were also involved with the production of music and theatre plays. Rafael