This is an analysis of the poem Spanish that begins with:

FASTEN black eyes on me.
I ask nothing of you under the peach trees,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101111 11100110011 10111011001001 0110011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Spanish;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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