Analysis of Before the Dawn
Federico García Lorca 1898 (Fuente Vaqueros) – 1936 (Alfacar)
But like love
the archers
are blind
Upon the green night,
the piercing saetas
leave traces of warm
lily.
The keel of the moon
breaks through purple clouds
and their quivers
fill with dew.
Ay, but like love
the archers
are blind!
Scheme | aBC xbxx xbbx aBC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 01 11 01011 0101 11011 10 01101 11101 011 111 1111 01 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 239 |
Words | 50 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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