Analysis of A un Pesimista

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



Hay demasiada sombra en tus visiones,
algo tiene de plácido la vida,
no todo en la existencia es una herida
donde brote la sangre a borbotones.
La lucha tiene sombra, y las pasiones
agonizantes, la ternura huída,
todo lo amado que al pasar se olvida
es fuente de angustiosas decepciones.
Pero, ¿por qué dudar, si aún ofrecen
en el remoto porvenir oscuro
calmas hondas y vívidos cariños
la ternura profunda, el beso puro
y manos de mujer, que amantes mecen
las cunas sonrosadas de los niños?  


Scheme ABBAACBADEAEDA
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11111110 111111101 111101 1111111 11111 1101011111 11111 1011101011 11111 11011111 111111 11011111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 507
Words 88
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 385
Words per stanza (avg) 86
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jose Asuncion Silva

José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. more…

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