This is an analysis of the poem Memoria Roja that begins with:

Esta memoria vuelve todavía
de un jardín de amaranto más retinto:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXa XXXXXX XaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001100 011010001100 11011001000 11001011010 11101001000 11100100010 110001010 1111011111110 101101111 11101001011 11101010110 1100010010 1011100100 11010111010 111011011010 1001001101110 1001101100 01001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; la, en are repeated.

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