This is an analysis of the poem Crepusculo 3 that begins with:

Junto a la cuna aún no está encendida
la lámpara tibia, que alegra y reposa, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,17,4,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011011011000 11010011001010 11110100110100 0111111000 11100100110 011101010 110100110110 1111000110100 11011111000 101100100100 111011110111000 011000101000 1011011111000 1111110001 111000110110 101011011100 1101001001100 111100100100 101110110110 1110110110000 111010100110 11011001011 001100111100 01010101011 110010111001 1000110101000 1100100111011 1100100110000 11111111100 010010100110 01011010110 11111010110010 101011011011100 01011000101100 010110100101000 1001100101100 01110100010 10 101000010100 101111011010 111100101001100 11001011111100 11110101110100 100100001111000 1110011100110 10010010110 100100101000 110110101000 01111000100000 101100110010 1111001101100 11100101000 10111100101100 101100100100 1100111011110 1111100011100 11010011001110 10110011111000 01100110100 11100110100 1111010001111000 10010010110 1101110011 1101100111110 1110110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, los, de, las, en, y are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Crepusculo 3;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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