This is an analysis of the poem El Extraviado that begins with:

Over the radiant ridges borne out on the offshore wind,
I have sailed as a butterfly sails whose priming wings unfurled ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dbdb aeae aeae fafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100100101110111 111101011110101 10010101100101 0100100111101001 11100101111001001 101001001110100101 10000101100101101 111001111010111111 100100101011001 110111101101111 1001001010100101 101100101100100 10011010111101 0100101000100111 0101001101101111 101001101110100101 110110101101101 00101100100101111 01011111011010111 10100101010101011 100100101011101 11110101111010011 0100111100110101 0100100100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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

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