This is an analysis of the poem El Cuerpo Y El Alma that begins with:

Dijo el Cuerpo: Yo me toco
Y yo me oigo y gusto y veo, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 1111011111 11101111 1101111000 1011011111 101011010 111001000 010101110 0101100 1110011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, me are repeated.

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

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  • summary of El Cuerpo Y El Alma;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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