This is an analysis of the poem La Ventana that begins with:

Al frente de un balcón, blanco y dorado,
obra de nuestro siglo diez y nueve ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXX XXXbbXXXXXXXXXXXXbbXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXbXabXbXXX XXXXXXXXXXXb XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,30,13,12,11,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 10010101011 111100110110 100010010010 0101110 01000101000 111111011000 100100001000 011100 11110011100 10110 1001001110010 1100010 01101110010 01010100 01000111010 1110010101000 01010010 1100101000 11100011010 10111111001100 01111011100 1010100101100 0111010 0110100 11100100010 11001110010 1100111010 11011100 011001100100 1111010 1100110 10110101100 110100 11101110010000 110011011 10110101000 111100111101000 111011011101 1010110100 110100 11000100010 011011110010 10001110100 1101010 011001110010 110000101000 111110000010 111000111010 110010011100 11101101010 110111 101111010110 11101110010 010010001010 111110100100 100001010110 010010 111011110100 1110100 110010010001110 1110011011010 1101100110 101010 1011010000 10101101000 111011101010 11101100100 1111100101110 11010110011 0101001000 11100101110 10100 11001001000 11010110 10010 10101111001 101001 1110 1001001101 1111001101000 110110101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 441
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • 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; de, la are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase a connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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