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

El mundo solo estaba, desierto Edén sin brisa;
El hombre suspiraba; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXa XXXXX XbXbXaXX aXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,8,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111001001110 1101000 111001011100 1101000111101 1101000 111011110110 1111101001110 110011110010 01010111100 11101101 1010111 110110110110 100111110001011 1011010110100 110111110010011 10100100100 110110 111101100110 110011001100 100111011011111000110110010100110 1011101110101111110011000110110 1001001100 111011001110 1111011101 11101111100 1110001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; el, ven, que, de, no, se, quien are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word el is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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