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Four poets from this movement were dubbed the “Decapitated Generation” for all taking their lives in their 20s. A sonnet attacking hackneyed works from this movement says that, as it “never thinks upon / the soul of things,” one should “wring the neck” of the title creature. A (10[1])poet who outlined this movement’s aesthetics in “I Seek a Form” asked, “The princess is sad. What ails her?” to begin his poem “Sonatina.” This movement’s decadence was critiqued by a writer who used the voice of Prospero in the essay Ariel. Leopoldo Lugones (“loo-GOH-ness”) and José (-5[1])Enrique Rodó joined this movement in response to a collection by the poet of “The Swan” that contains the section (10[1])“The Lyrical Year.” This movement adapted Symbolist influences to Latin American cultural themes. For 10 points, name this movement pioneered in the collection Azul… (“ah-SOOL”) by Rubén Darío ■END■ (10[1])

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