In a moment of confusion, an uninvited shadow with a medal dangling proudly around his neck slithered into the poet’s bedroom. Wounded verses poured from the young man’s mouth into a leaden night of sorrow, searching for the stolen moon.
It is dawn now in Alfacar; the poet is serene and peaceful. We can see the sky in his eyes, but the sky is made of glass— cracked and painted red.
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A Tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca: The Assassin's Haunting Tale
The poem "The Assassin's Tale," a tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca in the collection Political Poems, serves as an allegory for the death of renowned Spanish poet and playwright. The poem depicts a moment of confusion when an unwelcome figure, symbolizing Lorca's assassin, intrudes into the poet's bedroom.
The assassin proudly wears a medal around his neck, representing the ideological motivations behind Lorca's killing. The poem emphasises the tragic nature of Lorca's death through the imagery of wounded verses flowing from the poet’s mouth, searching for the stolen moon, symbolizing the loss of inspiration and creativity caused by his demise.
The mention of Alfacar, a village in Spain where Lorca was executed, and the portrayal of the poet as serene and peaceful in death underscore the poem's connection to Lorca's tragic fate. The final image of the cracked and painted red sky in the poet's eyes suggests the shattered dreams and bloodshed resulting from his untimely end.
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