This is an analysis of the poem La Cabeza De Cuervo that begins with:
Calmo, a lo largo de la noche lenta,
Escribo, insomne. A un lado de la mesa...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX bXab XXaX bbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011001110 1001001100110 110100111100 01101000 101011111000 111101011100 1100011111010 10110111100100 1110111010010 1100110100110 11101101010 10100110 1111001011100 11110001100 1110110010 100101110100 1101011010 11101100010 11001110100 01101100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; un, de, la, y are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word y is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Cabeza De Cuervo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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