Analysis of Para un menu

Manuel Gutierrez Najera 1859 (Mexico City) – 1895 (Mexico City)



Las novias pasadas son copas vacías,
en ellas pusimos un poco de amor;
el néctar tomamos... huyeron los días...
¡Traed otras copas con nuevo licor!

¡Champán son las rubias de cutis de azalia;
borgoña los labios de vivo carmín;
los ojos obscuros son vino de Italia
los verdes y claros son vino del Rhin!

¡Las bocas de grana son húmedas fresas;
las negras pupilas escancian café,

son ojos azules las llamas traviesas
que trémulas corren como almas del té!

¡La copa se apura, la dicha se agota;
de un sorbo tomamos mujer y licor...
Las copas dejemos...; si queda una gota,
que beba el lacayo la heces de amor!


Scheme ABAB CXCX AX AD DBDB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 111110110 11111111 11101101 111111110100 101111011 1111110100 110111111 111101111 11111 1111101 1111101011 110111111 11101111 110111101 11101011110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 613
Words 111
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 2, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Manuel Gutierrez Najera

Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (Spanish: [ɡuˈtjerez ˈnaxeɾa]; December 22, 1859 – February 3, 1895) was a Mexican writer and political figure. more…

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