This is an analysis of the poem A Una Señora Natural De Rio De Janeiro, Donde A La Sazón Se Hallaba El Autor that begins with:

Ya, Marfísia cruel, no me maltrata
Saber que usas conmigo de cautelas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XX Xa XXa XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011100 101101000100 111100111010 1000001010100 11101101000 1101001100 111001111010 11110010100110 1111011011000 1101101001011 111101101010 10101011100 1001001010 1101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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