This is an analysis of the poem El Poeta Y La Ilusion (The Poet And The Illusion) that begins with:

Spanish
La princesita hipsipilo, la vibrátil filigrana, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbX XXcX XdXXXd a Xbbe XcXc XXXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,6,1,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1100010001101000 100010100100011000 110101101110001 11100111101010100 11111011 11011001010001100 1001101 0111011100 110001000001110100 0111011001001110 11001000110101100 111001000011110 11001010011110011100 11011101110101100 10 0101001010010010 1011001001010 1111110011010 1010100011111001 111101 11010010101010 110010010 0011011 1101000000100010 001101000101101 10101110001010 11010100101011 110000011101111110 0011010110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, i, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words yo, i are repeated.

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  • summary of El Poeta Y La Ilusion (The Poet And The Illusion);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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