This is an analysis of the poem Vejeces that begins with:
Las cosas viejas, tristes, desteñidas,
Sin voz y sin color, saben secretos...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXbabXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101010100 11111010100 01111010011110 11110011100 1010011010100 11110111110110 10010001010 1011010010100 1110000100 1011100010 100010001000 1011111100 1000110100 101111101100 1110111010000 10011111 11000101000 10010011110 100011110100 01010100100 111100111101 10011001100 101110010010 10001101000 1000110010 1111011100 1010101000 110010101000 11100110010 100110011010 01011010110 10010101000 01011010010 10111001110 10001101000 1010001110110 10011011000 1000111110010 11011110110 111010101100 111100001111010 1100100110 1100100110 11100100100 1101001100 1100110100 1110100110 111101001100 1111011001100 111100010110 110101111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1780
- Average number of words per stanza: 332
- Amount of lines: 51
- 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; las, de, que, y are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word las is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Vejeces;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
