Analysis of Debussy [with English translation]
Federico García Lorca 1898 (Fuente Vaqueros) – 1936 (Alfacar)
Mi sombra va silenciosa
por el agua de la acecia.
Por mi sombra están las ranas
privadas de las estrellas.
La sombra manda a mi cuerpo
reflejos de cosas quietas.
Mi sombra va como inmenso
cínife color violeta.
Cien grillos quieren dorar
la luz de la cañavera.
Una luz nace en mi pecho,
reflejado, de la acequia.
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My shadow glides in silence
over the watercourse.
On account of my shadow
the frogs are deprived of stars.
The shadow sends my body
reflections of quiet things.
My shadow moves like a huge
violet-colored mosquito.
A hundred crickets are trying
to gild the glow of the reeds.
A glow arises in my breast,
the one mirrored in the water.
| Scheme | AB AA XA AC DC BE AA FA XA XF EA XD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1110111 11101111 1111 1110011 1111 111101 1110010 1111 11111010 1011111 1111 1 111010 1001 101111 0110111 011110 0101101 111101 10010010 01010110 1101101 01010011 01100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 662 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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