Analysis of Madrigal

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



Tu tez rosada y pura, tus formas gráciles
de estatua de Tanagra, tu olor de lilas,
el carmín de tu boca, de labios tersos;
las miradas ardientes de tus pupilas,
el ritmo de tu paso, tu voz velada,
tus cabellos que suelen, si los despeina
tu mano blanca y fina toda hoyuelada,
cubrirte como un rico manto de reina;
tu voz, tus ademanes, tú... no te asombre:
todo eso está, y a gritos, pidiendo un hombre.  


Scheme AAAABCBCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101111 11111111 1111110111 111111 111110111 1111111 11010110101 11011011010 11111111 11011011110
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 407
Words 78
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 304
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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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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