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

Sólo de tus cantares he escuchado
De dolor una queja repetida, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaaXXXXX XXXXX X aXXXX XXXXa aaa XaXXXaXX XXbXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,1,5,5,3,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011000 01010101000 1001100111100 1110101110100 101100110100 1010110110 1110111010110 110111001 101111001111 10110101010 1110111110 11101100101 11111110010 1101010101 1111000101100 111010011010 111011100011110 1 01011001101011 11011011110 1100111011100 1011001101000 1100011010000 110111111000 1110011010000 111110110100 010110010110 1111010110 100010011010 11100010000110 011101101110 11111010110 111110111110 11000100010 1111100011010 110100110 11010010110 1110110111000 111000111100 1100001100 110010101100 1100011010010 110111011100 100111011000 111011011000 10010110010010 11111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ya connects the lines.

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