Analysis of El Balcón

Federico García Lorca 1898 (Fuente Vaqueros) – 1936 (Alfacar)



Si muero
Dejad el balcón abierto

El niño come naranjas
(Desde mi balcón lo veo)

El segador siega el trigo
(Desde mi balcón lo siento)

Si muero
Dejad el balcón abierto


Scheme AB xx xb AB
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11111 11111 111111 111110 111111 11 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 179
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Federico García Lorca

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He was executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. In 2008, a Spanish judge opened an investigation into Lorca's death. The García Lorca family eventually dropped objections to the excavation of a potential gravesite near Alfacar. However, no human remains were found. more…

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