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

De peñón en peñón turbias saltando
Las aguas de AURES descender se ven; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX abXc XXXb XcXX XXXX XXaX XXXX aXXX XXX c XdXX Xbdc XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110100 11110010100111 11000101000 11101001000 1100110011010 1000100110 11110010100 111100101100011 1111001110010 10000110100 100111110010 11010000110 110011001000 11101110011 101100101010 11001010100 1000011101010 1110011010 0101001011010 10010001110 110100111000 1101110010 1101100100110 1011011001 101100101010 1011011001 11010001010 11001010010 1111101110 1011110101110 110111011100 11111011 110011011100 101000110110 11101101010 11100110010 1011100111100 1011011001 11010100110 011101110010 111011110110 1100111010 1101101110 100101100011 10010010100 1000101010 1000111101 100101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de, la, que are repeated.

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

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

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

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