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

Hay demasiada sombra en tus visiones,
algo tiene de plácido la vida, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110001011100 101010110 110111000110100 111101000 1101101111100 10000110010 101010111011100 111010001000 10111011100 11100100100 101011010 110010011010 110010110010 111101000011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; la is repeated.

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  • summary of A Un Pesimista;
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  • history of its creation;
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