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

Yo era niño, tú niña, nos veíamos
Tu ruborosa y vergonzoso yo; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXb XaXXb Xaccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110111110 11000110001 11001001100 10100010100 10011 1010110100 110010111 1110101001111 111001110110 10011 1100100100 1110111001 1110101111 1001100101 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; amos is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines amos, a are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word dos at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A***;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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