Form įlorante at Laura is written as an awit, meaning 'song', but it also refers to a standard poetic format with the following characteristics: He wrote the epic during his imprisonment in Manila in c. The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography.
The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asuncion Rivera, whom he nicknamed 'M.A.R.' and Selya in Kay Selya ('For Celia'). Title page of a 1913 book featuring Florante at Lauraįlorante at Laura is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas.
