This is an analysis of the poem A Un Nino Exposito that begins with:

¡Pobre, inocente y desgraciado niño,
De la vida arrojado a la ribera,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbc XXXX XcXc XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX acXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX dbdX aXXX XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110001 0110100001010 111100101010 110100101100 11100011100 111001101110 1101100111110 1011010010 110110101100 1100101100110 1110110011000 10001100100 111101101010 111110010 1101100110 101011100010 11111101100 11001111011 0110110000 101101110100 110101111 11101010 10011100 11110111011 11100110111000 100111101 1111010100 111001110001100 1100111100 010101100010 1110110110 111001001100 1010101000 11110001001100 11100100100 1011010010 110110011000 1100011011 1101101000 110101111 11010011010 110100110 110111011 111100001 1110111000 1101001100 1111011000010 11101010100 111111101000 110111010 11010001000 110011101 1110101100 1101011001 1100100110 0101010001 1011100100 1111011011 11011111100100 10010101010 11001001100 1100100110 111111100010 111111001100 1111101100 1100010111100 1110011001000 110101100100 1101110111 100010010110 1111100101010 110100101100 11110110100 110010011010 011001010100 11101001100 1110010110 1111010000 1010011110 1011100110 1100001100010 1100110110 110111011110100 1100111010 1100110001 011100001010 1111101010 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; el, que, te, sin, la, tu, y, es, ni are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words si, y, es are repeated.

    The author used the same words pobre, si, y at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Un Nino Exposito;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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