This is an analysis of the poem Una Visita that begins with:

Beso a sus pies señora.
-Servir a usted, caballero....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXbXXXXXXacXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXaXXXXXaXXXaXaXXXaXXXXXaXXXXXaXXXaXXXdXXXadX XXXaXXXdXXXXXXXXXaaXaaXXXXcabXXXXXcXaXXXXXXXX aXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,1,45,45,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 100101010 100101010 10101100 111110 10101100 1111100 11100100 1110101 11011100 1110100 1110100 11110110 011111010 110011100 1010110 11100110 110111100 10010100 0101001010 1110100 100111110 1110111110 11100100 1101110 100101010 10101 11001010 111100 10001100 11010110 010011 101111100 01011100 01101010 10011110 100101000 111001010 100100100 1100111100 1110110 1010000 100101100 11101010 10101100 111001100 100101100 1010010 101000 110001010 11101011 11100110 1111100 101001110 1101110 1101111110 1001110 101111000 10110100 1101001010 1100101 100111110 1101110 010110100 01010100 01010110 110011100 1110110 11110111 1111010 111011011 111001110 100101100 110110011 1101111 11111110 11010100 110010010 111111 11111000 1101000 101011000 1111001 101101100 110010011 11000100 11011100 11111000111 11101110 11101010 1110111 110101100 11111110 101011100 10111000 1110110 0111000 10011010 101101110 110011010 110010110 101101010 10011111100 01010110 11111000 11100110 11011010 1101010 111011 10110100 11010010 110011000 1101100 11010110 1101100010 11101101110 1110101010 111011110 101001000 11011010 10101100 11111110 1101110 110001010 1101111 1110011010 110101010 111101100 111110010 10111010 11011100 1010100 11111100 10101010 11101000 111010 10101000 011111100 111111 1011110110 110010 1110001110 10100100 1100111010 11111110 1111010 10011000 101001100 1100100 010001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 151
  • 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:

    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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, ja, gu, cierto, es are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, si are repeated.

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

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

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