This is an analysis of the poem In The Mission Garden that begins with:
FATHER FELIPE
I speak not the English well, but Pachita,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXbc XdXa efgh eidX jeXb gkjX eXXc hehX XXXj kiiX bXbf gXbbbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 11101011100 11110011110 11011011010 01010 10110111010 11011111011 10111111110 1101 11111111010 11111111111 01110111110 11111 11010011010 10010010110 10111011110 11010 11001110011 111010100010 110111010100 11010 11101100010 11111100010 10111011011 11111 10010010010 10011010100 1111111010 01110 11111100111 10111010110 10111011011 11100 11111111111 10010111100 10110010100 100101 10111111010 11111111010 11111111011 11100 11010001110 11110010010 11011010010 10111 10010 11010110110 11110010010 10111011110 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; old, senor, and, francisca, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines francisca is repeated).
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