This is an analysis of the poem El Poeta that begins with:

”Vive el hombre un solo día,
Y entre la vida y la muerte...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXa XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXbX XccXXXbX XXXX XXXX X XXcXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,20,8,8,4,4,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 110110111 100111000 110101110 11110110 101110100 11110010 1110100100 101100100 1111011110 1100101 11100101 111111000 1010100 11110100 1001010 1100111100 111011100 0110110 11000100 111101000 11100001100 110111000 1010011 11110100 100010 11010011 1100111110 110111110 1100011110 111100 101111 1011101100 0101000 11111100 11001100 10010000 1100111100 1011101100 1000111100 10011100 11011100 11001110 101001 1111011 0111001 1101110 111010 111101100 010101000 1111100110 11001101 1111001 1011100 1001110 111010 11001100 1001000 11011011 11101110 1 11011010 11000111 1101010 11100100 11100100 11010010 0101100 1101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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