Analysis of Ditty of First Desire
Federico García Lorca 1898 (Fuente Vaqueros) – 1936 (Alfacar)
In the green morning
I wanted to be a heart.
A heart.
And in the ripe evening
I wanted to be a nightingale.
A nightingale.
(Soul,
turn orange-colored.
Soul,
turn the color of love.)
In the vivid morning
I wanted to be myself.
A heart.
And at the evening's end
I wanted to be my voice.
A nightingale.
Soul,
turn orange-colored.
Soul,
turn the color of love.
| Scheme | abB acC DEDF axB xxC DEDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 00110 1101101 01 000110 110110100 0100 1 11010 1 101011 001010 110111 01 010101 1101111 0100 1 11010 1 101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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