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

Los invisibles atomos del aire
En derredor palpitan y se inflaman;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX a baXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010011 1100100111100 1101110110010 1101110010000 101001100100 10010110001 11001110110 1110110 101010 01010001 01110011 110010111 100111 1011010011 0101010101 11111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; se, de, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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