Analysis of Melancolía (Silva)

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



De todo lo velado,
tenue, lejana y misteriosa surge
vaga melancolía
que del ideal al cielo nos conduce.

He mirado reflejos de ese cielo
en la brillante lumbre
con que ahuyenta las sombras, la mirada
de sus ojos azules.

Leve cadena de oro
que una alma a otra alma con sus hilos une
oculta simpatía,
que en lo profundo de lo ignoto bulle,

y que en las realidades de la vida
se pierde y se consume
cual se pierde una gota de rocío
sobre las yerbas que el sepulcro cubren.  


Scheme AXBC DEAC EFBD AXXF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11111 110 11011111 111111 1111 111111010 1111 1010110 1101001101111 110 11111111 111111110 111101 111101111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 480
Words 92
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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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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