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This writer asked, "Is spring there showing itself on branches of black poplars?" in "To Jose Maria Palacio." The speaker of one of this author's poems recalls how he drew the "thorn of passion" out of his heart, but laments, "Gold thorn, so sharp, could I but feel you lodged in my heart!" In another poem, he recalls that he dreamt he "had a beehive here inside [his] heart, and the golden bees were making...sweet honey," and repeats the line "I dreamt--marvellous error!" three times. Those poems are "I go dreaming down roadways" and "Last night as I was sleeping." This author's relationship with (*) Pilar Verderema inspired his collection, Songs for Guiomar; his other pseudonymous creations include Abel Martin and his student, Juan de Mairena. This author, who titled a collection for the "fields" of his home region, was the foremost poet of a group that included Pio Baroja and Juan Ramon Jimenez. For 10 points, name this Castilian poet from the Generation of '98.
This writer asked, "Is spring there showing itself on branches of black poplars?"
Antonio Machado y Ruiz