This is an analysis of the poem Realidad (Silva) that begins with:

En el dulce reposo de la tarde
cuando al ponerse el sol en occidente...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXXXa XXbXXXXXXXaXaXabXXXXXXcX XXXXcXXX XaXXXXXX XXXXXXab XXXXX XXXXX XcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,24,8,8,8,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100011 10110111100 111100011011 1010100111001 10111110010 10110110010 1000101101 111101011100 10111100110110 1111001110 01001101100 01010101101 1011001011110 1100101011100 101101001 111100110111 10111000110 1111110001000 1011001111 10101111100 01010010 1001111100110 100110110100 0110100110 1110101100 10010010110 1111100101000 111011001010 100101100010 11011101110 10011100110 101010010 01010101010 10001010110 11010110110 11000010110 11011111 101010001100 110001101100 101101100100 1100011010 11100110110 010011010010 1101011011110 100101010000 11100011000100 101001000110 11001010100 1011100100 10001000100 11110111010 11101111010 101100011100 1111011010 0101010011100 110101001000 11010101100 11111011001000 10101110100 10111011000010 11100010011110 110110111010 110010001000 111001100010 10100111010 11111101100 100101101100 1010111000 111101101100 1111110010 110011011100 111001100100 11100001101 11101101000 1011101100 10111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • 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, o, que, de, la, una, del, y are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Realidad (Silva);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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