El mal del siglo

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



Doctor, un desaliento de la vida
que en lo íntimo de mí se arraiga y nace,
el mal del siglo... el mismo mal de Werther,
de Rolla, de Manfredo y de Leopardi.
Un cansancio de todo, un absoluto
desprecio por lo humano... un incesante
renegar de lo vil de la existencia
digno de mi maestro Schopenhauer;
un malestar profundo que se aumenta
con todas las torturas del análisis...

EL MÉDICO:

-Eso es cuestión de régimen: camine
de mañanita; duerma largo; báñese;
beba bien; coma bien; cuídese mucho:
¡Lo que usted tiene es hambre...!  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCAAADCAB XBDC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 533
Words 95
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 4

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