This is an analysis of the poem Egalité that begins with:

Juan Lanas, el mozo de esquina,
es absolutamente igual ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXABXbXXXbXbXbXXabXbababXXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100100 11000010 110000110 111110100 11011110 110101100 11101011 010101000 101101100 010001010 110101000 11010111 1011001000 1001100100 11000111000 1111000 110101110 1100110 1111100110 1111111 1111011010 1110011010 1100110010 1111100100 1101100100 11000010 110000110 111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 795
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; del is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word en is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Egalité;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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