It is not free from the Kalirian faults, but it has them in a less pronounced degree.

The Spanish Piyut, in the hands of one or two masters, becomes true poetry, poetry in form as well as in idea.

The Spanish style prevailed in Castile, Andalusia, Catalonia, Aragon, Majorca, Provence, and in countries where Arabic influence was strongest.
Kalir was the most popular writer of the earlier type of new-Hebrew poetry, but he was not its creator.

An older contemporary of his, from whom he derived both his diction and his method of treating poetic subjects, was Jannai.

Though we know that Jannai was a prolific writer, only seven short examples of his verse remain.