This is an analysis of A Un Pesimista by Jose Asuncion Silva.

Hay demasiada sombra en tus visiones,
algo tiene de plácido la vida,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 110001011100 101010110 110111000110100 111101000 1101101111100 10000110010 101010111011100 111010001000 10111011100 11100100100 101011010 110010011010 110010110010 111101000011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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