This is an analysis of The Song Of The Barren Orange Tree by Federico García Lorca.

Woodcutter.
Cut my shadow from me.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb caac XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100 111101 110001 010011 11110110 111111 01101 0101 1101011010 11111 111100 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

my, and

Epiphora

me