This is an analysis of the poem Al Mar that begins with:

Vednos salvar las azuladas cumbres
Que de oro tiñe al ocultarse el sol,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcXXdXXcXaXXXXXXXXbXEXXXXXXXXXXaecXXeXXXdXXeXXeXEXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 57,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111100010 10101110011 1001110010 111001001 1011111000010 10101001001 1101001111010 111010001 101010110010 110010010 1001111100010 1001011100010 1001001010 1110011011 0101011011100 111101110011 1101111101010 1111001011 10101011010 11011100010 10110110010 10111010110 1110011110 11011111100 1111101010 111000111 111101010100 11011001010 1010011100 01010100011 1010100101010 1111110100100 1011010010 1110100010 1100101100 101001101 1011111010 111010011010 1101011011 111010110101 1011100111111 1111100010 11001011011000 1100110010111 100111000010 11100100010010 1010011110010 0110101101 10011100010 101111010 11010011001 10111101110 1111101010 111000111 111101010100 11011001010 1000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2031
  • Average number of words per stanza: 390
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, la, mar, sus, que, s, el are repeated.

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

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

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

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