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

Cerraron sus ojos
Que aun tenia abiertos;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXXbXXXXCX XXXXXXXc XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXCX aXXXXXaX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXbCX XXXXXXaX XXXXbXXX XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,8,8,10,8,8,10,8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110 1110100 1001110 111010 1101000 101100 011100 1011100 1111110 101110 1101000 110110 11010010 101000 100100 110110 1000110 101110100 11110 1000110 101010 0101100 011100 101100 101110 1110110 0110110 1000110 1110100 1001100 10100 110010 0100010 101010 110111100 11100 1001010 110010 101101 11110100 1110100 10100 0110111 10001100 1010010 11000 110011 1100110 10111000 111100 101110 1110110 0110010 110010 01100 111011000 110111110 011110 100110 1001100 1100100 011100 101100 11001100 1011000 10010 111100 100110 1100110 110000 1001010 11100110 1111100 1001100 100111110 101010 101110 1110110 11111010 1100100 10111100 101110 1100110 111000 01110 0101100 101110 111100 10110 110110 110010 1001110 10001 1110110 1110110 10110110 1011100 100110 101110110 1100110 111110 1000110 110110 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, y are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, tan, que are repeated.

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

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