Analysis of Gacela of Unforseen Love
Federico García Lorca 1898 (Fuente Vaqueros) – 1936 (Alfacar)
No one understood the perfume
of the dark magnolia of your womb.
Nobody knew that you tormented
a hummingbird of love between your teeth.
A thousand Persian little horses fell asleep
in the plaza with moon of your forehead,
while through four nights I embraced
your waist, enemy of the snow.
Between plaster and jasmins, your glance
was a pale branch of seeds.
I sought in my heart to give you
the ivory letters that say "siempre",
"siempre", "siempre" : garden of my agony,
your body elusive always,
that blood of your veins in my mouth,
your mouth already lightless for my death.
Scheme | AAXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001 101010111 111110 010110111 010101010101 0010111110 1111101 11100101 01100111 101111 11011111 010010111 111011100 1100101 11111011 110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 574 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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