Ausente by César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza: poem analysis

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

¡Ausente! la mañana en que me vaya
más lejos de lo lejos, al Misterio,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011110 11001101100 101000100010 1110011000 10110110110 1101011100100 101101110 11101011000 111100111100 110110100 10001001000 10111101000 1101010110010 1010010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The author used the same word ausente at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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