This is an analysis of the poem Canción De La Vida Profunda that begins with:

Hay días en que somos tan móviles, tan móviles,
como las leves briznas al viento y al azar......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa Xa XX XX XX XX XX XX XXXX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110110 1011110101101101 111010101100110 11011010011001011 1111110110110 10101110110010 1011001001000010 110011001000100 1111110110110 101101000100100 111101110010 11010010011111 1111110110110 111100010010 1110110110110110 110111101011010 1111110110110 11100110111110 1011111000110 110001101101000 1111110110110 1011111010110110 110110010110110 110011010110100 1110110111111 111001010110 11111001010000 11111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, el, un, que, gubres, l, d, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words y, un are repeated.

    The author used the same word y at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Canción De La Vida Profunda;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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