Analysis of El Poeta Y La Ilusion (The Poet and the Illusion)
Delmira Agustini 1886 (Montevideo) – 1914 (Montevideo)
La princesita hipsipilo, la vibrátil filigrana,
—Princesita ojos turquesas esculpida en porcelana—
Llamó una noche a mi puerta con sus manitas de lis.
Vibró el cristal de su voz como una flauta galana.
—Yo sé que tu vida es gris.
Yo tengo el alma de rosa, frescuras de flor temprana,
Vengo de un bello país
A ser tu musa y tu hermana!—
Un abrazo de alabastro...luego en el clavel sonoro
De su boca, miel suavísima; nube de perfume y oro
La pomposa cabellera me inundó como un diluvio.
O miel, frescuras, perfumes!...Súbito el sueño, la sombra
Que embriaga..Y, cuando despierto, el sol que alumbra en mi alfombra
Un falso rubí muy rojo y un falso rizo muy rubio!
The amazonian little princess, a vibratile filagree,
—Turquoise eyes sculpted of porcelain, little princess—
Called one night at my door with her small hands of iris.
And the trilling crystal of her voice was like an elegant flute:
—I know your life is gray.
I have the soul of a rose, the dew of budding flowers,
I come from a beautiful country
To be your sister and muse!—.
An arm of alabaster...then, in the sonorous carnation
Of her mouth, softest honey; in a cloud of gold and perfume
She surrounded me, brash horsewoman, like a deluge.
Oh honey, freshness, perfumer!...The sudden dream, the shadow
Which intoxicates...and when I wake, the sun that falls on my carpet
In a false ruby very red, and a false ringlet very blond.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 111111 110101111111 1110111101011 11111011 111101101111 1111011 01110111 11111111 111011101101110 111111011 1111111111 11111111111 111110111101100 001001010011 1011011001010 1111111011110 0010101011111001 111111 11011010111010 111010010 1111001 111100100010 101101000111001 10101111010 11010110101 1111101111110 001101010011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,516 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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