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

No es preciso morir, no, para amarlo;
No es preciso morir, no, para verlo. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXb XXXX aXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010110100 111001011010 10010011000 110010011000 10111011101 01101010110 111100111 1111001110 1011010110 0111110110 1101111101 10000101011110 1101011011010 1101101100 10011001110 11010110010 1110101011011 1101110011100 111001110111000 1100101111110 10111111100 111101000100 10111111100 11111011000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, es, grande, que, mundos, y are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, porque are repeated.

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

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