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

¡Lóbrega y muda noche! Ni un acento
De amantes labios y de voz amada...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcbXXXcXXXXXXdXXaXXXXXXXaXXX aXXXXaXXcXXXXXXXXXcXXXXX XXdcXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXaXXXXaXXcaXXXXXcXXaXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,24,52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111100 010010101100 11110001000 01011110010 1101101111 11100110010 10110111 101101110110 101001110100 1110111111100 10011000010 100010100 10000110100 111101001010 110011001000 10100110001 0111011100 101010110011 10110011010 1110110101100 11011010010 11001101000 110111001110 110011011001100 1011011100100 110100011010 111001111010 110001011100 110110101100 100001111 1000101001100 11001100110 11001010110 11010111010 110001011000 110001100110 111111011000 10101011110 0110110100 11001011011 11101000110 0111101100 1011100100 11111101011000 01011001000 100110110 100011001100 01011111100 111111011100 010100010010 1010110101110 1010011011110 110011011100 110100101010 11010011100 110110100 11010011100 101011000100 11101001111 101111010110 10000101000 10100010100 1110010110010 111001101000 1010010010 111001100100 110110101 1101000101100 111110011000 1011101000 111100101000 10011001000 011011010 10000010100 111110101110 10010011100 111000101100 010110011100 11101101100 111001110110 1100100111100 11100011010 11110100100 10011110010 111001111100 10110110010 11010101100 1010011110010 11001101100 01111001100 11010110110 1011010110 1101001111100 101110110 110100111010 01011111100 110001101110 011000100100 011001001101 1110111000 110001010 01101001100 1001101000 11100111010 10100100011 110011101 1111001010 10010011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • 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, del, y, o, los are repeated.

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

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

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

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