This is an analysis of the poem He Andado Muchos Caminos that begins with:

He andado muchos caminos
he abierto muchas veredas; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010100 110010100 11000111 1100011100 11010110 10000100 10011000 10001010 1100011 11010110 1101110 1100111100 1011100 111000110 111010110 10110110 10101100 11010010 101100110 1000110 10100100 01001010 11100110 111110010 11101010 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, que, y, donde are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word tierra at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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