This is an analysis of the poem Amor Y Miedo that begins with:

Cuando te huyo y cauto me desvío
Del fuego ardiente que te cerca, oh bella,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXbX XXcX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX aXdX XXXX XdXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110110 110101110110 101001000100 1110110110100 10110110110 11110001110100 101101111010 10101011010110 10100101010 01101101100111110 011110100110011111 1011110101101100 11001111000 11110100110 1110101111 11000010100 111101111001 010101101010 10011100100 110101110100 1111000100110 100110111010 11100110010 10111011010 11000111100110 1001011011100 111010010 11001010 1 11100110111 10110110011110 100110111100 1011100101100 1111101010 01010001110 10100100011 10110100110 1111110001 11000110010 1110111101000 101101000110 11100110001 1100111011101 11100110100 101001110010 1101010011000 101100111010 110001110100 1110100100 100101000110 110001110100 111011100100 1110001100110 101001110100 10110110100 1001101010 1110100110 1111010010 1101110100 101101110110 10101011010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; de, las, la, que are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Amor Y Miedo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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