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This paper studies "copla de amor montubia" [Montubia love couplet] -better known in the Ecuadorian coast as "amorfino". The research, regarding this type of oral lyric poetry, emphasizes in its formal and thematic characteristics. Therefore, it is shown some differences and similarities between popular poetry and lyric poetry. From the theorization of these two ways of poetry, it is showed the similarity of popular poetry and Hispanic folklore. Additionally, it is highlighted the anthropological point of view due to its social contexts. This form of poetry is stablished in the "montubio" mourning, which is a traditional and ludic way of life of the Ecuadorian peasants from the coasts. In this tradition, there are "juegos de rueda" [traditional rounds] which have worked as a form of erotism, social life, and as way to stablished social attachment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work proposes the approaching to the conceptualization of the poetry of argument or arguing's verses occurring in son jarocho, especially in the region of Los Tuxtlas. In addition, we will analyze its poetic characteristics and the way it develops within the festive ritual. For this, we will do an analysis of some of these poems contained in poets' notebooks, as well as on oral testimonies of these poets, whether they have been collected in books or interviews, that is, we will analyze the poetry in relation to its context. In the dialogism and in the topic of this poetry we find two fundamental elements out to understand the dynamics of traditionalization and innovation that take place in these poetic-musical festive rituals, despite the creative component - sometimes improvised - that depends on the verseros [this kind of poets]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]