This is an analysis of the poem España, Aparta De Mí Este Cáliz that begins with:

Niños del mundo,
si cae España -digo, es un decir-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXX XXXbXXX XXXXXXXXXb XXXXXbXaXXb XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,10,11,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1110101110 11 110100111000110 1100110100 1110101111010 110011111110 11011010110100 101010111100 111001 111101111010 0110101110 0111110 110101111100 1011001101 01110111000 1110111011 10011010100 111010010 1101001111 11010110110 11011001100110 11110000100 100111011100 110101111011000 101101110110 1 10011001010 101111001100101000 110010110100 111100011001110 1011110 11110111110 11010111110 11000100110110 110001000110 110001000110 1011110 1011110011110110 01100111010011110011 10111101101110 10110011 1100011 111110101111 111011110100 111011100011110 110 1110111100 1101101111 101101110 101110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; qu, en, y, la, de, el, si are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words si, qu, est, c, la, bajad are repeated.

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

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  • summary of España, Aparta De Mí Este Cáliz;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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