This is an analysis of the poem Cancion (De Victor Hugo) that begins with:

Yo no puedo existir sino a tu lado
Mi alma ya se rindió a tu corazón, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX AXXX XXXX AXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100100110 110111100110 1110100111100 1101000011 11010111010110 101001 11101111010 111010 111101101100 111101111000 110011110110 101110011110 11010111010110 101001 11101111010 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, yo, t, soy, el, eres are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yo is repeated.

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  • summary of Cancion (De Victor Hugo);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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