This is an analysis of the poem Un Poema that begins with:

Soñaba en ese entonces en forjar un poema,
De arte nervioso y nueva obra audaz y suprema,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX aX bb Xa cc XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100110110 0110011010101100 1010110010011010 10101101110010 1110100100100 1011111010110 1010010100101 1011001010110010 010101001111011 0101010110111 1001010101111010 1001100101001 10010101101001 100010110111001 11100101011000 11011001111000 100100100110110 1110100111000 11101010110010 011010100101010 11011101100110 111010100110 101100110000110 0101001010000110 1101100110001000 11010101100110 111110010111010 1001000111100 111011011110100 1001010101000 11110100101100010 101101101100 1001100110010110 111001001011000 1011110111101000 010001011001000 1000111011000100 11100100011001000 0111001101000 11111011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; un, y, ritmos, ndose, de are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gico, ndose, giles, a, as are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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