This is an analysis of the poem A Celia that begins with:

1.
Cuando en el pensamiento torno a leer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXX X XXXX X XXXX X XbXX X ccXX X dXXX X XXXX X XXbX X cXXX X XXeX X XXaf X XeXX X XXXX X XgXX X XXXg X XXXX X XeXX X XXXd X cXXX X hXXc X XXXX X Xfch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101110001001 0101001101 1010010010011 1110101110101110 1 1001011010010 10101001100 100110000 11101110 1 1000101001 1101001010 11001110100 1110011000 1 11110100 11110 1001001000110 101111011010 1 111100100110 111010100110 11001010 111001110001000 1 100100110010 100111011110000 101010001100 11111001111000 1 11001010 111110010101001110 101111000010110 1101000001100 1 11001100 11101101100 11110010110010 11000110100 1 11101110 1100101100 1111000001111010 1001011000100000 1 10001100 1110011111000 1001011100001010 111011011110000110 1 1011011010 101100010 110001011110001101 100100011011 1 1111101000 11111111111110 0110001000 11010010110110000 1 1011011110 110000110100 1101000010110 110110111000 1 1110100110 11010111110 101110111001010 1011010110 1 111011000 1111110011001000 1100111 111101010001 1 10100110 110101111011 1111100010 101100110000 1 1010100110 110011011100011110 1101000 11100110110000 1 1110100110100 1100011010 1001010100 1101101001010 1 110101100101110 110011100 11110011001100 11011000 1 10010010101 100010100 010011100 110101110 1 10010101101000 1100110101110 1111010111 111101111010 1 110110 101101100101 01101110 110101001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 44
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, mi, la are repeated.

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