This is an analysis of the poem Barquisimeto, Venezuela, October 27, 1561 that begins with:

Today it rained vengefully and hard
and my men deserted me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfXgbXheaabdgbgXfXXehcahg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100011 1110101 110111 11001101 111110 111011011 1110100111011 1011011010 11010011 01001111011 10110101001 111010 11011110 101001001 010010011011 111100011 111010001 1101101110 111111011111 11011011 1111101110 10111110011 1101 10001010101101 10100100010010 0101 11110101010 1110100110101 101111011101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, my, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, god are repeated.

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  • summary of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, October 27, 1561;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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