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

Vicio divino, que a groseros vicios
Me hiciste despreciar, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXbXXXXcXXXXXaXXbabXXXXXXcXcXXXXXadXdcXcXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010010 110100 11111100011000 11010 1001011101110 110011 1101001101010 101010 1110111000 111100 1101011100100 110100 11100111010 101011 1010111101110 101101 10111100 111110 110111101100 111001 1111101111010 1110110 110000110010 100100 11001101010 1010110 11101001000110 10101 10010100010 1001010 1010011001010 110101 10110111000100 11010 10101011101100 11011100 11101011100 10010010 1001001101010 1101101 11101100110 111010 11101001100110 110011 11011011101100 110111 11011010011 100011 11110110110 0110100 1111110110 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1572
  • Average number of words per stanza: 307
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; y, al, de, del, s, que are repeated.

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

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

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