This is an analysis of the poem Rimas Iv that begins with:

No digais que agotado su tesoro,
De asuntos falta, enmudecio la lira:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXa XXaX XaXXXXaX aXXX XXXX XXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100011010 0100101000110 1011010101 1010 1011110011110 1001000 1011111100010 01011010 10111111001 011100 101011100010 10010 101100100110 111110110 111111110101100 11100100 101100011000 11001100 1010110010110 10010 10100111100110 111101 1011111110100 0101100 10110111100 1000100 101010001100 10010 101010101100 1101110 101001101000 1101100 1010101110 1101000 101001010010 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que is repeated.

    The author used the same word mientras at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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