This is an analysis of the poem El Alma En Los Labios that begins with:

Cuando de nuestro amor la llama apasionada,
dentro de tu pecho amante contemples extinguida,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101011010000 1001100101001000 1111111011100 11111101100110 111000100110 11101010110010010 1001100111011 111110111000100 101001101001110 11001101111010 11100110110100 1010101100110 100110011000100 1011011001010 10011001101110 1100110100010 10011101001110 1011001011100 10100110100110 1011010011110010 1011001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, la, de, tu, ser, que are repeated.

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  • summary of El Alma En Los Labios;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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