This is an analysis of the poem Muertos that begins with:

En los húmedos bosques, en otoño,
al llegar de los fríos, cuando rojas, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110 1100111010 101110111110 1100011110010 11011001110 0111010110100 11101111010 111010110010 111010011 101100100 011111110 11100101100 11111101100 01001001100 10110100100 10100101100 1100010010100 11000101100 1110100011 1101101 101100100 011111110 11111101001010 11001001100 1011101001 11010010100 111010011110 10001001100 10101101110 10110010110 111001011 101100100 011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 221
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; en, los, el, y, de, como are repeated.

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

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