This is an analysis of the poem Las Ondinas that begins with:

Es la hora en que los muertos se levantan
mientras que duerme el mundo de los vivos,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111011100 10111100110 1111010001110 111110111000 111010010 110011110111 111000111010 110010001110 1011001111010 10100110100 10011100010 1111111001011100 11101110000 100010101100 011111001100 11011110 10010111100 1101100100 111100100111000 11110011111010 11101010110 101100101010 101000111 10111001000 10101001100 1110010101 1111101110110 111011110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; que, el are repeated.

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

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

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