This is an analysis of the poem La Casada Infiel that begins with:

Y que yo me la llevé al río
creyendo que era mozuela,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXaXXXbXXXXX XXXaXXXXXabXXXXXXXXXbXXXbXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,28,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001100 100110100 101000100 11101010 11011000 1110001100 1111000110 111110000100 100110100 1111100010 10100100 110000011100 1100111000 101010010 100110100 110101110 1100001100 11100010 101101100 10011000 11011100 101110010 11101110 111001100 10111001100 1110000010000 101101000 11011000 10110110 11100110 1001110 1101111000 10101000 1101001 110100100 1001100 11001100 10011001000 11011100 11010110 11110110110 11110000 11111000 100101010 1111001100 111111000 1111000110 11001011 101010100000 1100011000 1010100 1111000 1100100 110110100 1011001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 514
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of La Casada Infiel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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