Rima XI: “Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena”

written by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
[I] pp. 358

Summary:
Bécquer’s poem talks about the tragic search for love. The poet rejects the first woman, la morena, then la rubia in favor of una fantasma, an impossible love. He chases a love he cannot have and rejects the ones he can.

Devices:
He uses an estribillo of “¿A mí me __? – No __.” and anaphora of “yo soy.” He also uses a metaphor in “yo soy un sueño” and hyperbaton. It has rima consonante in los versos impares and is written in first person. It has four voices.

Themes:
-poesía romántica y modernista del siglo XIX