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

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Morir... morir... un eco misterioso...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaXX XXXX XXXX bcXX XXca caXa XXXX XXXX XXX XXXXX XaXX XXXX dXcX XXba XXXX XXXa X aXXX Xa XXXXaX XXXX XXda XXXX XXXX XaXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,2,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101101000 1010010100 1110011011010 10100110100 1011011001 1100111100110 11001110100 10101001110100 10110110010 1010011000100 1011100100010 01101001100 10110110100 1011111010 111100001100 11110110011100 101001100010 10110100110 111011001100 1110101110 11111101000 111010111100100 1011110011010 1110100110 11110111010 100001111010 11100110010 11100010010 11111111011110 110110100010 110110110100 11000100110 111011110 101001110100 1110010110100 0110010100 1110011010 110001110010 0110101100 110101100001 1111011000 10100111000 11010111101 1110101 110111101 111001110010 111101000110 10101011100 1101011101 1100001111010 11010101 100001110100 111101101011 010001011100 101010011 11101110000 1101111011000 10100010110100 1111001010 101111100110 11011110100 101010011100 1111111110 01101011010 11111111100 111001110 11011000110 0101000110010 1 10111010110 1111001100100 10101111011 1110111000100 1010011010000 11101001110 110101100100 011110010 1110101110110 1100010101000 11110011110010 1110110010 1000110110 10100110100 111010011100 10001111100 11100011011000 11010111000 1011010001 110011000110 10111110010100 11110011110 01100100010 110011101100 110001101000 11110100100 1111010001 11111010000 111110100 11000110110 11000110010 111100110100 11110010010 1001111000010 110101110 011010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; de, la, y, el, en are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words ya, y at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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