Analysis of Desmayarse

Lope de Vega 1562 (Madrid) – 1635 (Madrid)



Desmayarse, atreverse, estar furioso,
áspero, tierno, liberal, esquivo,
alentado, mortal, difunto, vivo,
leal, traidor, cobarde y animoso:

no hallar fuera del bien centro y reposo,        
mostrarse alegre, triste, humilde, altivo,
enojado, valiente, fugitivo,
satisfecho, ofendido, receloso:

huir el rostro al claro desengaño,
beber veneno por licor süave,                      
olvidar el provecho, amar el daño:

creer que el cielo en un infierno cabe;
dar la vida y el alma a un desengaño,
¡esto es amor! quien lo probó lo sabe.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CBC DCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 10101001 110110 11111 111111011 1010111 10101 111 11111011 1011111 11101111 11111111 111011100111 111011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 533
Words 80
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Lope de Vega

Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. more…

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