This is an analysis of the poem A.M.F. that begins with:

¡Oh! Si pudiera imitar
Al cantar tu cumpleaños ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXaXbXXXX cXXaXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XcXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,28,5,20,24,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100100 110110 0111111100 1011110110 11100100 10100110 1100100 1110110 111011010 11111010 101001100 10011100 11010100 100110110 11100110 10111100 101011101 0110100110 1110100 11010100 111110110 11101110 11100100 110101 110100 11000110 11111000 11001000 11011110 101001100 1110100 1011100 111110 1111000 110011 1111000 1110010 1110100 11000100 11100100 1111000 1100110 11110010 11011100 111110 1100100 10001100 1100110 10110010 111001000 111101000 110101 111100100 0110011100 1111001 1101111000 1001111100 11101100 111100110 11101000 1100111000 1101101 1110011100 1011000 111001110 1110111 1110111110 111001 11101100 10111110 1101100 1000101 1001010110 110111000 100110100 11101000 110101 1001100 11111000 10101000 1110100 110101010 1101000 101010100 1001101 1100010 10011010 1110110 100100110 101011010 11110100 100010100 11101100 10100100 1010110 10101000 10100100 1101101100 1101000 110100010 11000100 11101100 110001100 11010100 011100100 11001100 11001000 1111000 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words para, un, con, y, cu are repeated.

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

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

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