Tools to help you write your own letra:
- A part of nature you notice on a regular basis: ________________
- How it can be personified: ______________________
- Describe how something that pains you feels in your body: ____________________
- Where do you go when you want to be alone: ________________
- What comforts you when you feel lonely: ___________________
- Something you regret doing: ___________________________
- Someone or something you’ve lost: ______________________
- Words, memories, or phrases that come up when you think through the movements and exercises we’ve done during this project:
Tips
A flamenco verse por soleá needs to be 3-4 lines with 8 syllables each.
Oftentimes it follows this structure:
Lines 1 & 2 → one idea
Description of a place or observation
Description of how you feel
Lines 3 & 4 → another idea related to the first
An action you can take or have taken
An action by someone else
You can follow a rhyme scheme:
A
B
A
B
Prompt
Write your own verse that addresses times you’ve felt alone, sad, lonely, regretful, or were grieving.
