This is an analysis of the poem Variations On A Text By Vallejo that begins with:

Me moriré en Paris con aguacero ...
I will die in Miami in the sun, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbcddceb fbafbeXXXb bcgacbXgbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011000 1010010001 1011010101 011011010011101 011111110101 101001110110010 100100110111 100010101011 101010010011001 1111011 10010101001 110001011101 0110100101011 10110111010111 1110000110101 111101010101 10011101111 11110100111 1111001001001001 111111010 1111101101111 1010011110111 011010110110 01110110111110 10111101001 110010100110 1100111011 11001010001 01011010110010 1100111 10010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; day, and, of, today, be, on are repeated.

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

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

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