'Burla a Don Pedro a caballo' takes us to the literary world it's a poem about oblivion and solitude, represented in the lack of love suffered by a knight. In 'El Martirio de Santa Olalla' Lorca turns back to the Early Christian period to tells the story of a young man persecuted by the Romans, the same thing that happened to the gypsies with the Guardia Civil. The last three poems deal with three legends with different traditions that Garcia Lorca changes slightly to adapt them to the gypsy world, to reinforce the mythical and universal projection of the gypsies. In this case, this desctructive force is symbolized by the Guardia Civil who enters the village breaking and killing anything and anyone they find. The second part is the 'Romance de la Guardia Civil', which shows the destruction of the mythical Andalusian world, always under the menace of misterious forces that try to destroy it.
'Romance del emplazado' narrates a gypsy's obsession about a predicted omen of death, which ends up being true. 'Muerto de amor' tells the story of the death of a young gypsy who dies of sadness from a broken heart. 'Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio' and 'Muerte de Antoñito el Camborio' talk about the gypsy dignity: a gypsy is humiliated and murdered, victmim to the jealousy he provoques among his family due to his great qualities. The first part is composed of 4 poems in which the gypsy character has to face extreme situations. The poems are complex and hermetic, with a large number of metaphors. Their placement answers to a geographic order. In 'Romance de la pena negra', Garcia Lorca expresses the tragic feeling of the gypsy life through the deep sadness of Soledad Montoya.Įach of the mythical gypsy Archangels represents an emblematic city in Andalusia: San Miguel represents Granada, San Rafael represents Córdoba, and San Gabriel represents Seville. The 'Romance Sonámbulo' tells the story of a gypsy smuggler who returns home and finds his wife dead by the despair of waiting for him in 'Monja gitana' the main character is a nun debating between her faith in God and her freedom instincts 'Casada infiel' is about a married woman who gives up her fidelity, guide by her instincts. The first three poems ('Romance de la luna, luna' 'Preciosa y el aire' 'Reyerta') talk about the confrontations between the gypsy world and several different mythical forces: in the first poem with death, represented by the moon the second between desire and the masculine instinct, represented by the wind in the third poem the confrontation is against the fights and violence of the gypsies.
The poems can be grouped by the different thematics: lyricism and women women and their dilemmas the three mythical Archangels epic and men (divided into extreme situations and the destruction of the Andalusian mythical world) and legends and traditions. The poems in the Romancero Gitano are mainly ballads, all of them joined by the style and the topics they treat. Garcia Lorca chooses to talk about the gypsies because he thinks they represent the Andalusian culture and customs in its purest form. It's also the most bought book of Spanish poems, and many bands have used them as lyrics for their songs.
The Romancero Gitano is Federico Garcia Lorca's most famous book od poems, and for this it's studied by everyone who wants to study Spanish. The ballads reflect the pains of the gypsy people who live in the margins of society and are constantly persecuted by the authorities, and the fight against them and their repressive laws. It's made up of 18 ballads revolving around the topic of the gypsy life style, culture and customs. The ' Romancero Gitano' (Gypsy Ballads) is a book of poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, published in 1928.
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