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

Melancólica y dulce cual la huella
que un sol poniente deja en el azul ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111110 11110111110 10101101100 1110100111 101111110 01010110001 1101101110 11100100001 1010111111000 011011101000 11000111110010 11011001110 1010101010 1000110101 1001010100 101101101 111010100 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; el, la, de are repeated.

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

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