This is an analysis of the poem Cuartetos that begins with:

Una cesta de flores primorosas,
Sobre la puerta de Justina vi; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111000 111000101 11111011100 1111111001 010101110010 1100001010 10001111010 110011110 111111010 1110111001 11001101110 10111110 110110010100 11110011 1011100011000 11011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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; tu is repeated.

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

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