This is an analysis of the poem Alma Desnuda that begins with:

SOY un alma desnuda en estos versos,
Alma desnuda que angustiada y sola...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX Xaa XbX XXX XXX aXX XbX XXX XXX XXX aXX aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010011010 1010011000110 1100110100 10111101000 111110101010 110101011010 1011011010100 111001111 1110011010 10101011100 101111100100 1011100010 1011011000 11110111100 10111110100 1011001110010 1110011001 101111100 10110101110 1100100111110 1110010110 101010101000 010100110100 11110111110 10111010010100 011000110111110 1100100111000 10110111010 110011011100 1110010111100 10111010010 1011110100110 110111010100 1011100010 10110101110 101101110100 111111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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; alma, una, que, de, y are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word alma at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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