The research was conducted with the goal of documenting the rapid changes the town of Cahuita has undergone, beginning with the creation of Cahuita National Park in 1970 and spanning the subsequent years as the town made the transition from an agrarian to a tourist economy. The paper incorporates interviews done with many of the residents of Cahuita during the month of March, and documents the changes they have experienced. It is a comparative analysis of the thematic content of twelve poets' work. Through my analysis I found that the postwar poets generally focus on themes of social problems, while those of the new poetry write of internal existential conflict. In addition I determined that good relations are nonexistent between the men and women of the new generation.
More conflict exists between the men.
Finally, I found that the only circle of poets in Turrialba was that of the postwar generation. St. Olaf. 1991. The present study investigates women's poetry in Guanacaste. During March and April of 1991, I interviewed six poets of El Centro Literario de Guanacaste, and analyzed selections from each of their written works for thematic content. From this analysis, I derived several conclusions which I believe to be important and relevant to the poetry of the region.