Analysis of Suspiro (Yearning)
Jose Asuncion Silva 1865 (Bogotá) – 1896 (Bogotá)
Si en tus recuerdos ves algún día
entre la niebla de lo pasado
surgir la triste memoria mía
medio borrada ya por los años,
piensa que fuiste siempre mi anhelo
y si el recuerdo de amor tan santo
mueve tu pecho; nubla tu cielo,
llena de lágrimas tus ojos garzos;
¡ah! ¡no me busques aquí en la tierra
donde he vivido, donde he luchado,
sino en el reino de los sepulcros
donde se encuentran paz y descanso!
If in your memories some day you see
Amidst the fog of times past
The sad remembrance of me appear
Half-erased now by the years,
Think that you were always my yearning
And if the memory of love so sacred
Moves your heart; clouds your sky,
Fills with tears your pretty eyes;
Ah! don't search for me here on earth
Where I've lived, where I've struggled,
Instead seek me out in the kingdom of the dead
Where peace and rest can be found!
Scheme | ABAC DBDC EBCC XBEX XBXX XBBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111110 1011111 111110 100111101 111111 1111110110 111111 1111111 11111111 111111 10111111 111111 1011001111 0101111 010101101 1011101 11101110 01010011110 111111 1111101 11111111 1111110 011110010101 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 838 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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