This is an analysis of the poem Estrellas Fijas that begins with:

Cuando ya de la vida
el alma tenga, con el cuerpo, rota, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 11010111010 11011100 101110111110 11011100 11000100011110 1001100110 110010110010 1110000 10110010 1111000011 110100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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