This is an analysis of the poem Gacela Of The Dead Child that begins with:

Each afternoon in Granada,
each afternoon, a child dies....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba acaX XbcX aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 1101011 110101011 1100010 011101 01011011 1110011010 10100101 10100111001 1111001001 10100111001 11010010 010010111001 1010110001011 01110011110 11011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; each, afternoon, in, of are repeated.

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

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