Gacela Of The Dead Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOPEach afternoon in Granada | A |
each afternoon a child dies | B |
Each afternoon the water sits down | C |
and chats with its companions | D |
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The dead wear mossy wings | E |
The cloudy wind and the clear wind | F |
are two pheasants in flight through the towers | G |
and the day is a wounded boy | H |
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Not a flicker of lark was left in the air | I |
when I met you in the caverns of wine | J |
Not the crumb of a cloud was left in the ground | K |
when you were drowned in the river | L |
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A giant of water fell down over the hills | M |
and the valley was tumbling with lilies and dogs | N |
In my hands' violet shadow your body | O |
dead on the bank was an angel of coldness | P |
Federico Garca-a Lorca
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