This is an analysis of the poem Crepúsculo1 that begins with:

En la tarde, en las horas del divino
crepúsculo sereno,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXX XXXXXXXX bXXXXXXX bXXXXXbX XAXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101100 100010 111001001100 11111001 11100101000 1100110 1111001011100 111010 1010100110 1001110 111001001000 10110100 1101001010 1011000 110011001100 11011100 11100111101000 0110010 11010111100 1110110 101111100110 1111001100 111110100111 111100 1010100100 01101100 101110010010 111000 11111111101100 100010 111001001100 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; las is repeated.

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  • summary of Crepúsculo1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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