This is an analysis of the poem La Respuesta De La Tierra that begins with:

Era un poeta lírico, grandioso y sibilino
que le hablaba a la tierra una tarde de invierno,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010011000 1010001101010100 1010010111001010 11111011110100 1010001001101100 100100011011100 10011001101010 11000110111110 010011101101110 11011001000110 111111010111100100 1111010001100101 111100101110010 1110100100110 11101101100100 1100110111010100 1001100111110 1111010111000 110101010010100 1110011111100 11110010101100100 11001010000110 11010001001100 1101011001100 111010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, las, por, qu, y are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word por is repeated.

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  • summary of La Respuesta De La Tierra;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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