Analysis of La voz de las cosas

Jose Asuncion Silva 1865 (Bogotá) – 1896 (Bogotá)



¡Si os encerrara yo en mis estrofas,
frágiles cosas que sonreís,
pálido lirio que te deshojas,
rayo de luna sobre el tapiz
de húmedas flores, y verdes hojas
que al tibio soplo de Mayo abrís,
si os encerrara yo en mis estrofas
pálidas cosas que sonreís!

¡Si aprisionaros pudiera el verso,
fantasmas grises, cuando pasáis,
móviles formas del Universo,
sueños confusos, seres que os vais,
ósculo triste, suave y perverso
que entre las sombras al alma dais;
si aprisionaros pudiera el verso
fantasmas grises cuando pasáis!  


Scheme AaaaaaAa AAaaaaAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 111111 1101111 1110111 11111101 111111011 1111111 111111 11111 11111 11111 1111111 11111 110111101 11111 11111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 526
Words 88
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 202
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jose Asuncion Silva

José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. more…

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