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
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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified by davidb on November 13, 2022

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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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