rca use gypsies so much in his works? Federico Garca-Lorca used gypsies to represent the essential human being. Gypsies weresensual, supersticious, emotional, and ever-suffering. In his works, they were humansstripped of civilization’s niceties. What is Cante Jondo? It is an Andalusian folk song that means deep song and it is always an expression of life’ssuffering. How do I interpret Garca-Lorca’s use of colors? Don’t, at first... Just read his works and let his words produce the visions that you see inyour head. Aren’t there any regularly used symbols that can help me unlock Garca-Lorca? Of course, but he enjoys using them differently at times. Silver, metalic and cold objectsrepresent death as did the color black. The moon is almost always malevolent; not aromantic moon, but a cold, bloodless, evil gypsy moon. What’s with the color green in ? Garca-Lorca seems to use it to represent a magical and other-worldly place. Don’tinterpret it too closely, just accept it. Why are Garca-Lorca’s works so difficult to interpret? You’re trying too hard. Let his words wash over you and start from there. I’m still confused by lines such as: un horizonte de perros or sus muslos se meescapaban como peces sorprendidos in La Casada Infiel. Garca-Lorca was from Andaluca and the people there have an intensely poetic way ofdescribing the world about them. If you read La Casada Infiel, the description of ahorizon of barking dogs should describe quite accurately for you a dark night with aninvisible horizon and dogs barking in the distance. Her thighs escaping from me likesurprised fish should give you a sense of the rapid movement of silvery (by themoonlight?) limbs parting. What would help me in understanding Federico Garca-Lorca? Be able to read the poems in Spanish. Be born in Andaluca. No kidding... barring thesecond suggestion, read them and enjoy them. Was Federico Garca-Lorca homosexual? Ye...
