This is an analysis of the poem In Spain that begins with:

YOUR sky is a hard and a dazzling blue,
Your earth and sands are a dazzling gold, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Metre: 11001101001 1111101001 111100101 1110101 0011110111 01010111 101011111111 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

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