This is an analysis of the poem Un Sueño that begins with:

¡Soñé!- ¡qué cosas se ven en sueños!
Que Dios estaba de buen humor, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX X XXX XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,3,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011111 1101000110 111001110 011001011 1101001110 110100110 111001100 101101010 1110011110 110101100 111011010 11100110 11101101 101001100 111101111 11100110 11111111 10110111 111100110110 101001100 101111110 10101011010 101001100 101101010 10011011010 11011111010 101101110 101001100 1010010110 11110111 111110010 1110001110 1011001001 1101011001 11101000 101101011 100100100 101101110 11010010110 11001010 1100110100 11100110 10111010 10010110 101101011 111111001 11010010010 111100101 110001110 110100110 11111111100 101001100 11101011 11110011110 11001110 10111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, y are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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