Of special interest in this collection of 400 original poems in iambic pentameter is a group of 70 dialogues with Spanish folk singers. I selected them to represent the main category groupings in Love and Hate: Spanish Folk Songs (1911), translated into Russian by K. D. Balmont from the collection (1882) by Francisco Rodríguez Marín, Cantos populares españoles. These delightful micro-melodies (3, 4 or 7 lines each) each elicited from me an interpretive sonnet comment (in 5-beat lines).
Poem 78: Introduction: Art of Spanish Wordsong
79 Being in Love (6)
80 Being in Love (32)
88 Tenderness (25)
91 Envy (3)
98 Confessions (4-5)
110 Lamenting (22)
117 Hate and Scorn (5)
136 Serenade (1, 2)
146 Lullabies (12)
