This is an analysis of the poem Rima Xi that begins with:

—Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena,
yo soy el símbolo de la pasión, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXabc XbXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111011010 111100110 0100101100110 01110 11011 11110110010 10101011 10100101010 01110 11101 11111100 1010001011 110010100 11010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; yo, de, soy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yo is repeated.

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