This is an analysis of the poem Rubia (Blonde) that begins with:

¿Sabes, rubia, qué gracia solicito
cuando de ofrendas cubro los altares?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X XaaX XaXX bXX cbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001101000 100100101100 11010110010 1101011011000 010001111001100 111010100 11000110100 10101011000 101001110100 1101000101010 1101011111100 0111111010 1110011001000 101110110100 1 11111101010 11100100100 111001011 100101100100 101010011010 001101010 1101101 01110101 0100101001 1101110101 101101101111 10100001011 10110011001 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Rubia (Blonde);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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