This is an analysis of the poem La Oracion that begins with:

Voy a mi lecho,estrujo mi ropaje
Dando sin descansar vueltos en él ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XXXX XXX X X X XXb XXXX cbXX caXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,1,1,1,3,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011000110 1011001011 111011010100 110001111001 111010001 10111011110 101110110101 11111001100 1111011000 110101011000 1000111100 1111100110 1 1100 111010001 110011000111 1110011110 101111010010 10111001011 1011110011001 100100111 1110010101 1111001101110 1101010100010 110010111011100 11100100100 100101101010 1010010101 11010001010 1111011111 11100111100 10001001100 10000110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; y, la are repeated.

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

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

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