Analysis of Yo Voy Soñando Caminos

Antonio Machado 1875 (Seville) – 1939 (Collioure)



Yo voy soñando caminos
de la tarde. ¡Las colinas
doradas, los verdes pinos,
las polvorientas encinas!…
¿Adónde el camino irá?
Yo voy cantando, viajero
a lo largo del sendero…
-La tarde cayendo está-.
'En el corazón tenía
la espina de una pasión;
logré arrancármela un día;
ya no siento el corazón.'

Y todo el campo un momento
se queda, mudo y sombrío,
meditando. Suena el viento
en los álamos del río.
La tarde más se oscurece;
y el camino que serpea
y débilmente blanquea,
se enturbia y desaparece.

Mi cantar vuelve a plañir;
'Aguda espina dorada,
quién te pudiera sentir
en el corazón clavada.'


Scheme AAAABBBCDEDE CFCFAXXA BCBC
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 1111010 11101 11100 1110101 1111 01101010 11101 111110 1111011 111110 111111 1111011 111111 1111 1110111 111111 1101011 1111 1111 111011 111 11111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 629
Words 109
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 12, 8, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Antonio Machado

Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. more…

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