Nevertheless, there are two distinct types of poems included in this collection - poems that seem like a continuation of the mood and style of "Razón de amor" and poems that seem to embody the title given to this collection: long lament. This title does not actually appear in any of the manuscripts: it only comes from letters to his Argentinian friend Guillermo de Torre and Jorge Guillén. The original conception of "Largo lamento" was seen by Guillén in 1938 but was subsequently put aside by the author, as was the continuation of "Razón de amor".