Abstract

In the lyrics of Antonio Martínez Sarrión ― an exponent of the neo-avant-garde generation of the Novísimos ― the metaphor not only transmits ideas in a precise and aesthetic way, but also functions as a means to structure the poem. In this sense, the author from Albacete uses the different modes of metaphorical development characterized by Vicente Cabrera: the metaphorical singularity (the different linguistic games are at the service of an idea expressed in a conceptualization), the metaphorical plurality (metaphors are juxtaposed), the metaphorization of metaphors (the concepts overlap, thus creating double metaphors) and the revitalization of metaphors (an element of surprise is injected into a worn-out metaphor, with which they coexist, in the mind of the reader, the current and the old meaning).