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Half Moon (self.poetry)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by snakesnakewhale to c/poetry
 

Federico Garcia Lorca, 1922

The moon goes over the water.
How tranquil the sky is!
She goes scything slowly
the old shimmer from the river;
meanwhile a young frog
takes her for a little mirror.

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[–] goat 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it means the frog doesn't see the moon as this great-encompassing thing?

[–] snakesnakewhale 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lorca's writing is so full of frogs and lizards and snakes and crocodiles that I'm certain there's even further symbolism to it than that; it's such a theme of his.

But not gonna lie, I'm not nearly enough of an expert to say what all the amphibians & reptiles mean!

[–] goat 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you into analysing creative writing and such? If so, would you perhaps like to criticise mine? trying to write a book c:

[–] snakesnakewhale 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I certainly am into that; but depending on your book's subject I might not be best-suited to criticize it!

e.g. I don't read very much fiction, so while I'm a hell of a proofreader I wouldn't necessarily make a great editor for a novel lol

[–] goat 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh not asking you to edit, just your experience as a reader is all

[–] snakesnakewhale 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, lay it on me!