Little Ballad of Three Rivers
Little Ballad of Three Rivers - meaning Summary
Memory of Andalusian Rivers
Lorca’s short ballad names rivers and landscapes of Andalusia to evoke longing and loss. The poem contrasts flowing water and agricultural imagery—orange, olive, snow, wheat—to situate personal feeling in a specific homeland. The closing exclamation frames the scene as a lament for something irretrievable, transforming geographic detail into an emblem of unreturning love and memory.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Guadalquivir river Flows between orange and olive. Two rivers of Granada Come down from snow to wheat field. Ah, Love, the unreturning!
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