Analysis of To My Brother Miguel In Memoriam
Cesar Vallejo 1892 (Santiago de Chuco Province) – 1938 (Paris)
Brother, today I sit on the brick bench of the house,
where you make a bottomless emptiness.
I remember we used to play at this hour, and mama
caressed us: "But, sons..."
Now I go hide
as before, from all evening
lectures, and I trust you not to give me away.
Through the parlor, the vestibule, the corridors.
Later, you hide, and I do not give you away.
I remember we made ourselves cry,
brother, from so much laughing.
Miguel, you went into hiding
one night in August, toward dawn,
but, instead of chuckling, you were sad.
And the twin heart of those dead evenings
grew annoyed at not finding you. And now
a shadow falls on my soul.
Listen, brother, don't be late
coming out. All right? Mama might worry.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111011101 1110100100 101011111110010 01111 1111 1011110 100111111101 10100100100 101101111101 1010110011 1011110 01110110 11010011 101110101 001111110 1011110101 011111 1010111 1011110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 696 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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