This is an analysis of the poem Midnight Dreams that begins with:

Anoche, estando solo y ya medio dormido,
mis sueños de otras épocas se me han aparecido....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001111100100 1101010111110000 11010000100100 10100001101101 111010001101000 1011001001001100 101100111011000 11110110101100 1100100001101000 11011001111100 1101110111010 111010111001 111110001110100 1110100011010 111011010001100 110100011001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines as is repeated).

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

  • summary of Midnight Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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