Analysis of Arbolé, Arbolé
Federico García Lorca 1898 (Fuente Vaqueros) – 1936 (Alfacar)
Tree, tree
dry and green.
The girl with the pretty face
is out picking olives.
The wind, playboy of towers,
grabs her around the waist.
Four riders passed by
on Andalusian ponies,
with blue and green jackets
and big, dark capes.
'Come to Cordoba, muchacha.'
The girl won't listen to them.
Three young bullfighters passed,
slender in the waist,
with jackets the color of oranges
and swords of ancient silver.
'Come to Sevilla, muchacha.'
The girl won't listen to them.
When the afternoon had turned
dark brown, with scattered light,
a young man passed by, wearing
roses and myrtle of the moon.
'Come to Granada, inuchacha.'
And the girl won't listen to him.
The girl with the pretty face
keeps on picking olives
with the grey arm of the wind
wrapped around her waist.
Tree, tree
dry and green.
Translated by William Logan
Arbolé, arbolé,
seco y verdí.
La niña del bello rostro
está cogiendo aceituna.
El viento, galán de torres,
la prende por la cintura.
Pasaron cuatro jinetes
sobre jacas andaluzas,
con trajes de azul y verde,
con largas capas oscuras.
'Vente a Córdoba, muchacha.'
La niña no los escucha.
Pasaron tres torerillos
delgaditos de cintura,
con trajes color naranja
y espadas de plata antigua.
'Vente a Córdoba, muchacha.'
La niña no los escucha.
Cuando la tarde se puso
morada, con lux difusa,
pasó un joven que llevaba
rosas y mirtos de luna.
'Vente a Granada, muchacha.'
Y la niña no lo escucha.
La niña del bello rostro
sigue cogiendo aceituna,
con el brazo gris del viento
ceñido por la cintura.
Arbolé, arbolé.
Seco y verdé.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 101 0110101 111010 011110 100101 11011 101010 110110 0111 11101 0111011 1111 10001 1100101100 0111010 110101 0111011 100111 111101 0111110 10010101 110101 00111011 0110101 111010 1011101 10101 11 101 01011010 11 1011 1101101 0111 111111 11111 111 111 1111110 1111 10111 110111 111 111 1110010 11110010 10111 110111 11111 1111 11111 1011110 100101 1110111 1101101 111 111111 11111 11 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,567 |
Words | 277 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 28, 1, 2, 28 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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