Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 22 Issue 9

© 2022. Robert Rois. This research/ review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Cinco Rimas Fantasmales de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer By Robert Rois CincoRimasFantasmalesdeGustavoAdolfoBcquer Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: G Linguistics & Education Volume 22 Issue 9 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Abstract- Observing how a specific theme emerges within the work of a poet leads to greater appreciation of stylistic technique and to a better understanding of human experience. In this paper we study the poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer to perceive how a lover’s passion transforms itself into an autonomous entity that travels through space. Relevant connections between poems must be carefully traced. We start by examining the nostalgia evoked by remembrance of past love in Rhyme LIII. We then see in Rhyme LXXV the lament over absence of the beloved develop into an intimation of whether in sleep we may penetrate a dimension where other spirits dwell. The wonderment grows in the related Rhyme LXXI as it expresses the amazing premonition of a friend’s death. In order to comprehend this memorable lyric we next explore the transformation of romantic desire into the wandering phantom lover of the beguilingly repetitive and intricate Rhymes XVI and XXVIII. The sensitive reader may experience in the traced thematic development a conceptual expression of intense love through poetry. A similar method of textual exploration can be used to detect and analyze essential themes in the work of other poets. Keywords: bécquer, phantom lover, premonition of death, rhymes, spatial transport, wandering spirit. GJHSS-G Classification: DDC Code: 821.7 LCC Code: PR4479