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

Oh perfecto presente del pasado,
Vida de tanto amado ausente y muerto, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100101100 1001001010110 1100101100 101101101000 111110011000 111010110010110 101010111100 11001001100 11001010010110 110111010110 0100001010110 1110101000 11110100010 01010011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 536
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of La Memoria;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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