Analysis of Adivinanza De La Guitarra

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



En la redonda
encrucijada,
seis doncellas
bailan.
Tres de carne
y tres de plata.
Los sueños de ayer las buscan
pero las tiene abrazadas
un Polifemo de oro.
¡La guitarra!


Scheme AABCCACBDD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111 1 11 1 111 11110 11111011 10111 11110 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 171
Words 32
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 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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