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

Y fue a esa edad... Llegó la poesía
a buscarme. No sé, no sé de dónde ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXX bbXXbXaXXXbXXbXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,24,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101110 010111101 10010011 111110 111010110 1001100 1011011100 111110011 01010110 1010100 1100011 1100110 11100 1110110110 110 10 1101010 1101001110 1101100 11110011 1000 1001000 1101100110 1011010 100 101000 111110 11010 110 1000 1100 100 10001000 1101000 10000 11010111 111000011000 11101 101110 1000 010000100 1100 11110 1100 11111100 11011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases a, vaga connect the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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