Category: Poetry
The present edition of _Platero y yo_ contains selections from both the first edition of the original work, published by La Lectura, Madrid, 1914, in its _Biblioteca de Juventud_, and the complete edition, published by Calleja, Madrid, 1917, as one of the volumes of _Obras de...
The present edition of _Platero y yo_ contains selections from both the first edition of the original work, published by La Lectura, Madrid, 1914, in its _Biblioteca de Juventud_, and the complete edition, published by Calleja, Madrid, 1917, as one of the volumes of _Obras de Juan Ramón Jiménez_. In the interests of classroom work a few slight changes have been made, but it is hoped that in no case has the simple beauty of the author's style been marred.
The present edition of _Platero y yo_ contains selections from both the first edition of the original work, published by La Lectura, Madrid, 1914, in its _Biblioteca de Juventud...
5. Part 5Mírala, Platero. Ahí viene, calle abajo, en el sol de cobre, derecha, enhiesta, a cuerpo[1], sin mirar a nadie.... ¡Qué bien lleva su pasada belleza, gallarda todavía, como en r...
4. Part 4Platero was in the yard (_corral_); his master went to give him some water. They heard a sound of wings overhead. It was some ducks that were flying inland from the storm.
2. Part 2[Footnote 3: #ellas sabrán cómo#, _probably they alone know how_. The future is used in place of the present to denote conjecture or probability. Similar cases occur a few lines...
3. Part 3In the brook there was a little cart loaded with (_cargado de_) oranges. The poor little donkey could not pull it out of the mud. The little girl was crying, but she was trying...
8. Part 8#ideal# ideal la #identificación# identification #idílico,-a# idyllic el #idilio# idyll #idiomático,-a# idiomatic la #iglesia# church #igual# equal, similar, like la #ilusión# i...
7. Part 7la #cabalgadura# mount #cabalgar# to ride on horseback el #caballo# horse el #cabello# hair el #cabestro# halter la #cabeza# head la #cabezota# _aug. of_ #cabeza# la #cabida: te...
9. Part 9la #sábana# sheet (_for a bed_) #saber# to know, know how el #sabor# taste, flavor #sacar# to take out, pull out el #saco# sack, bag la #sala# parlor, living room la #salamandra...
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