"Among these writings was the 1947 "Cântec spiritual negru" ("Negro Spiritual Song"), which centered on the imaginary figure of a Saint Benjamin.Also according to Cernat, aside from Surrealism, some of the "ExiL" poems recalled Imagism, while others were close to Lucian Blaga's Expressionism and the original style developed by Constant Tonegaru, or borrowed themes from the Biblical "Ecclesiastes" and the traditional stories of the Eastern world.