Romanticism in Spanish literature with works like "A la vejez viruelas" ("To the ancient smallpox"), "Muérete y verás" ("Die and you will see") and "El pelo de la dehesa" ("The hair of the grove"). He satirized Romanticism, though some of its characteristics appear in his comedies, as in "Muérete y verás". During the second half of the nineteenth century, the movement's pre-existing interests in history and legend entered a new stage, and poetry became more sentimental and intimate. This change was due to the influence of German poetry and a renewed popular interest in Spanish poetry. The Postromantic school departed significantly from its other
History of the Spanish language present in the spoken Latin that became Spanish. Additionally, many Greek words formed part of the language of the Church. Spanish also borrowed Ancient Greek vocabulary in the areas of medical, technical, and scientific language, beginning as early as the 13th century. The influence of Germanic languages is, by most accounts, very little on phonological development, but rather is found mainly in the Spanish lexicon. Words of Germanic origin are common in all varieties of Spanish. The modern words for the cardinal directions ("norte, este, sur, oeste"), for example, are all taken from Germanic words (compare north, east, south and