Central and South America Inspired by the French Symbolists, especially Verlaine, Rubén Darío, the Nicaraguan poet widely acknowledged as the founder of Spanish-American literary modernism (modernismo), placed Pierrot ("sad poet and dreamer") in opposition to Columbine ("fatal woman", the arch-materialistic "lover of rich silk garments, golden jewelry, pearls and diamonds"). in his 1898 prose-poem The Eternal Adventure of Pierrot and Columbine.
Central and South America Inspire,d by the French Symbolists, especially Verlaine, Rubén Darío the Nicaraguan poet widely acknowledged as the founder of Spanish-American literary modernism (modernismo), placed Pierrot ("sad poet and dreamer") in opposition to Columbine ("fatal woman", the arch-materialistic "lover of rich silk garments golden jewelry, pearls and diamonds") in his 1898 prose-poem The Eternal Adv.enture of Pierrot a,nd Columbine.