Analysis of Humo
Jose Asuncion Silva 1865 (Bogotá) – 1896 (Bogotá)
Bajo los árboles viejos
cuya sombra el suelo baña
miro perdida a lo lejos
una pequeña cabaña.
Todo en quietud allí vese,
la ventana no está abierta
y el musgo grisoso crece
sobre el umbral de la puerta.
Cual tibio aliento aromado
que el frío condensa en nube
humo tenue y azulado
en espiral de ella sube.
Del alma que allí reposa
noticias a Dios le lleva
el humo que de la choza
en espirales se eleva.
| Scheme | ABABACACCDCDAEAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 111110 101011 1010100 11111 111011 11111 111111 1111 1111111 1111 111101 11011010 101001 111111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 418 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 312 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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