Constants and metric trends: the rhythm in Poems (1958) by Carlos German Bell

Abstract

This article makes a first approach to the study of the constants and metric trends in the first book of Carlos Germán Belli: Poems (1958). The purpose is to propose an existing metrical pattern in that book and it can be thought of as a characteristic of his verses. It is also proposed the existence of a poetics based on the dynamic and tense relationship between the constants and metric trends studied rhythm poems.