This is an analysis of the poem Yo Vi Del Rojo Sol... that begins with:

Yo vi del rojo sol la luz serena
turbarse y que en un punto desaparece...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110111010 101111111000 110101111011100 110110001010 110100010010 111100111101 1111001011100 1101001110010 11011011010 10011010111100 1000101101 1010100100110 1111110100 10100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; y, el are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word a at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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