Casida of One Wounded by Water
Casida of One Wounded by Water - form Summary
Casida Frames Ritual Grief
Lorca adapts the casida, an Andalusian-Arabic poetic form, to shape a ritualized lament about water, injury, and empathy. Recurrent, incantatory lines and stark aquatic imagery surround a wounded child whose suffering becomes both communal and mystical. The speaker expresses a desire to descend into the well and be transformed or die by small doses, suggesting surrender, identification with pain, and a folkloric blending of death and purification tied to Andalusian cultural resonance.
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