This is an analysis of the poem El Mal Del Siglo that begins with:

Doctor, un desaliento de la vida
que en lo íntimo de mí se arraiga y nace,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX X XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10110000110 11110011110011 111101101010 010001010100 110001011000 100111001100 100011011000 100110100 1100100111100 1101111001100 110 1011001010 010010101 1011011010 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, un are repeated.

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

  • summary of El Mal Del Siglo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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