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This paper is based on a wide definition of irony, which is conceived as a mechanism of pragmatic inversion. This definition leads us to an irony in the second degree; i.e. a discourse process that emerges from the form and ends affecting the content of texts. Although it has been commonly assumed that irony is not especially compatible with poetry, this article deals with a poetic corpus in order to analyse the main features of second-degree irony. The authors selected belong to a new literary generation, which aims to revisit tradition (metageneric irony) and to establish an intertextual dialogue (metaformal irony). In sum, this paper highlights the role of irony in the current aesthetic debate and, more generally, in contemporary communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers the relationship between irony and humor as literary devices in 20th century Spanish poetry. The author analyzes the proper usage of each device, the former being used inclusively and the latter being used exclusively, while providing examples of each. He also describes the linguistic structure necessary to express irony or humor within a text, referencing several contemporary poems as examples, including "Vidas improbables," by Felipe Benítez Reyes and "Las rosas de Babilonia," by Víctor Botas.