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

¡Aleluya, aleluya! Ya la muerte
Con su dedo de hielo me tocó; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXX a bXXX Xcde XXXX bXXf XdXX XXXf cXXX XXXf XXX X XXXX bcXa XfXe XXXX XabX XXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001000111 1111001011 1111000110111 1011010110 1011110011100 1111001100 110100111100 1001100001 111111000110 1111011001100 101110011100 1111001111 11101101010 1110100110 10111001111 11010111001 11111001110010 111110001010 11001111000 111000010 1011100111110 11000110 111011101110100 1110100011 10110110011000 1000110101 1100101010110 111010110101 111111000101 110010010 111010010 110110001101 1110101110 10010011010 1010110100 10111111010 110010011100 11110101000 101100011011100 10011010101 111010110110 1111101011 11101011010 1100101010 111101101010 10000110010 11011011010100 111101010 111001100010 1010101011 11110010010 11001001011 101101001100 1111010101 111010010010 111010100110 101101010 11110011000 111011111110 10111110010 10111111100 1111001110010 1011110110 1111100001 111011011100 11101101110 100010001000 1110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; es, dudoso, s, y, que, yo, hogar, mi, me are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase yo connects the lines.

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

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