This is an analysis of the poem Lamentación De Octubre that begins with:

Yo no sabía que el azul mañana
es vago espectro del brumoso ayer;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XX XX XXXa XXXX XaXX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,4,4,4,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111010 110100110010 110001100100 1101001010 1011100111100110 111000100 1011001100 1111100100 1110111100 1110011100 11101101110 10011110 1110001100 011001000100 1011001100 1111100100 1110111100 1100110110 10100101100 101111010110 11100111010 1100101001 10110011000 1111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, que, de, la are repeated.

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

  • summary of Lamentación De Octubre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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