This is an analysis of the poem Cuba, 1962 that begins with:

When the rooster jumps up on the windowsill
and spreads his red-gold wings,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXccXabd XXedbXebfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110100 110111 11100001 1101010010 110011 111001011 100111110 1010011 110011110101 011101011001 0101001010 110011 111001111 11101 1101011000010 11101010010 0101110001001 1101010101 001 0111100111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i is repeated.

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