This is an analysis of the poem Nocturnos De La Ventana that begins with:

1
Alta va la luna....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aX XX aX XX XXaX X XX Xa Xa XX X XXXX XXXX XXXX X XaXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,4,1,2,2,2,2,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101110 101110 110100 100110 101110 1010110 110100 100110 1111001100 100011100 0110110 11001110 1 110011 1011100 1110010 1100010 111010 1001100110 1100100 1110100 1 1001100 1110011 10001100 1100110 1101000 01001110 111010110 010110 111001000 100110100 101110000 11010110 1 1101101110 110100010 10010110 111010000 011000110 11110100000 11001100 1111000 110110 111000010 11111010 10000010 10111000 0101000010 11100110 1010111100 11010001110 110001000 101111001 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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.

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

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

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