The Men by Pablo Neruda: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Men that begins with:

I'm Ramón González Barbagelata from anywhere,
from Cucuy, from Paraná, from Rio Turbio, from Oruro, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbcX dXcefgXX ecca dgfXcchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110100000101 010010010100100 0100001001001000 0011000111 00111000101 001010011010 010110010000101 10110101111111 01111101111010 01100101101 10110110111010 1011101001 1011001101 1010101110100 1101010010010 01001011101 111110101110 01010100011100 0100101000100101 101111101 10101110 10100100000100 101101110 11111 10011100101 01001001011110110 101010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, i'm are repeated.

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

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