This is an analysis of the poem Al Diablo that begins with:

Nadie te canta, rey de los infiernos,
No hay una lira que te dé su voz......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XAXB XXXc XcXX XXXc XdXX XeXb XXXd XXXe XeXX XAXB XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101100 111010111111 111100011100 1111011000 111101100110 1111010001 11001110010 1110000010 11110100100 11010010111 10101100010 11100110001 11110011010 1101110100 11111100100 101110001 10101101100 1011010111 110001100010 1110111001 11110110010 1100011010 11111100010 11010110010 101111000110 1101110101 110100100010 1100011010010 101110000100 1111001001 110011110100 110010001101 11100110100 1100101010 11110011100100 101110111001 11110011001 100011010 111000111000 1111011111001 110001101000 1011011011 110011011100 110011110001 10111101000 11010010111 10101100010 11100110001 1111100100 1110010010 11110110010 1110011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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, un, en are repeated.

    The author used the same word es 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 Al Diablo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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