This is an analysis of the poem Luz De Luna that begins with:

Ella estaba con él... A su frente
pensativa y pálida,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXaXXXXXXXX XXaXXX XXXa aXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXaXXbXXa XXXXaXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,6,4,27,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110111 1000110 100011011110 0010100 01101010 110010 11000110100 100111110 100110110100 110110 11111010100 11101001110 10001110110 100100 11010 111100 11100010100 1000110010 110011110 11011110 11110110110 11101 1011011110 10011001011011101 101010110 1001010 11010111 1101011010 1010010 111101001000 011011001000 1100110010 101011100 1100100100 11001111 1000010110 1100110110 111111000 11101001110 10011110 1110101000 1110100 111101111010 100100 1001 1000100 100100 100100110 101010 100100 11011100100 100110 101100 100110 11110001110 011101101100 01101101010 110111001 1000110 1010110010 1110110100 101111110 10101101100100100010 110110 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, que, oh, sus, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, con, el, oh, a, qu are repeated.

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

  • summary of Luz De Luna;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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