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

øQuÈ instinto misterioso al hombre inclina
Al despego y frialdad por todo aquello ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXaXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,30,12,23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001000110100 1100110110100 111010100100 11100110000100 10110110000 11100100010 1100011011000 1101111111010 1100111101100 110110010101 100001110011 111001010010 010101100010 10110001010 10101000110 11001000111100 11001000110100 11001011001100 111100110110 1100100110 1100101100110 11111101101 110010010110 11111001100 11010110010 101001011 111101101000 11010101010 10100011100 110001100100 1110111110 0101110001000 1110101101000 0110000111000 10100010100100 101101011100 101100001100 11010001001100 11001110010 1 1011000110010 10010100110 11001000100 11010001100 10111001000 11010100010 011001100100 1011100010 110100110110 10110101100 01110100010 01100110001110 1101001110110 011100110111 100010001100 11001001100 011100110100 0111011111100 100101010000 1011100101100 110110010010 111001000100 11110010100 11111001100 011001000101100 101001100010 10010001000 101001101010 10100011000 1010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2700
  • Average number of words per stanza: 470
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, que, la, el, de, all, n are repeated.

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

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

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

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