This is an analysis of the poem Mi Dulce Soledad that begins with:

No más esos placeres
De la agitada vida ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXABcXXXXaXB XXXbXXXB XXaXXXXB XXXXXXXB XXXbXXXB XXXXXXAB XXXXXcXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 01100010 101011000 111101 1010100 1110100 111010 1111 110111111 10110100 1001111 1001100 10011000 1100110 111110 1111 1101000 111000 1001100 11011101 10010110 1111100 110100 1111 11101100 01010100 1101010 011010 1111001 01010100 11111000 1111 110011110 1100111 110110 11101100 1101000 11011010 110011000 1111 1101100 1100110 1000100 1001101 101101 100100 1101100 1111 100101 111100 1111100 110110 1010100 1110100 111010 1111 1010110 1001100 1001000 011010 110110 1110011 110100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mi, el, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words el, que, los are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word soledad at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Mi Dulce Soledad;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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