This is an analysis of the poem Balada Amarilla Iv that begins with:

Sobre el cielo
de las margaritas ando. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XA XaXXXXXa XA XaXXaX XA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,2,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 0111101010 11000101 1110 1100110 111110 111101 11100 111001100 11101110 1110 0111101010 11001 1110 0100111100 010010 11100010 0101100 1110 0111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; el is repeated.

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