Libro de poemas: reading level, length and free edition

Name: Libro de poemas
Author: Federico García Lorca

Libro de poemas by Federico García Lorca is a poetry in Spanish. Our team rates it C1. It runs to 15,045 words with 3,408 different word forms, about 1.5–2.5 h of reading at 200 to 100 words per minute, and it is free from Project Gutenberg.

By the Readlang Mobile team (an independent app, not affiliated with readlang.com). Updated 31 October 2026.

Author: Federico García Lorca
Language: Spanish
Level: C1
Form: poetry
Words: 15,045
Different word forms: 3,408
Forms for 95% / 98%: 2,656 / 3,108
Reading time: 1.5–2.5 h
Free edition: Project Gutenberg

Primera colección de poesías del poeta granadino, de tono juvenil y lírico.

Is Libro de poemas right for your level?

To recognise 95% of the running words in Libro de poemas, you need its 2,656 most frequent word forms; for 98%, the share at which most readers manage a novel without a dictionary, 3,108. The median Spanish C1 book in our table needs 6,704 forms for 95%, so by this measure the book is easier than most for its level: number 2 of 6, easiest first.

A word form is any spelling that appears in the text, so “walk” and “walked” count twice, and names count too. These numbers are a guide to how much vocabulary the book asks for, not a test. The level itself was set by hand by our team. Before you commit, read one page of the free edition and count the words you do not know: the one-page test takes two minutes.

Which words should you know before you start?

These are the words that Libro de poemas uses most often but that are not among the 2,000 most common word forms across all 36 Spanish books in our library; the number is how many times each appears. Names of people and places are left out. Learning a handful of them first makes the opening chapters easier.

caracol 18
niebla 18
paisaje 14
ritmo 14
chopo 13
prado 13
rocío 12
senda 11
ranas 11
serena 11
miel 11
nidos 10
lirios 10
infinito 10
llevas 10

How does it begin?

O FREZCO en este libro, todo ardor juvenil, y tortura, y ambición sin medida, la imagen exacta de mis días de adolescencia y juventud, esos días que enlazan el instante de hoy con mi misma infancia reciente.

From the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain. If this paragraph already feels slow, try a book one level lower.

How long does it take to read?

Hours to read *Libro de poemas* (15,045 words) at four reading speeds.
Words	100 wpm	150 wpm	200 wpm	250 wpm
15,045	2.5 h	1.5 h	1.5 h	1 h

Learners reading a book at their level often manage 100 to 150 words per minute, and readers in their first language 200 to 250. Where these speeds come from, and a calculator for your own: How long does it take to read a book?

Where can you read it for free?

The free edition is Project Gutenberg eBook #75703. Project Gutenberg publishes books that are in the public domain in the United States, as EPUB, Kindle and plain text, free and without an account. Copyright terms differ by country: if you live outside the United States, check that the book is out of copyright where you are before you download it.

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