GASPAR GIL POLO
\ɡˈaspɑː ɡˈɪl pˈə͡ʊlə͡ʊ], \ɡˈaspɑː ɡˈɪl pˈəʊləʊ], \ɡ_ˈa_s_p_ɑː ɡ_ˈɪ_l p_ˈəʊ_l_əʊ]\
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A Spanish poet; born in Valencia about 1535; died at Barcelona in 1591. He was a lawyer in his native town, and successful; but his principal fame arises from his poems,-one of them, "Diana Enamored", being a gem of Spanish literature. It is a continuation of Montemayor's "Diana", but excels that production in beauty of style and metre, and in the number and variety of its episodes, lifting its author high above the lyric level of his time.
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See Gil Polo.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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