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

Cuando me lo contaron senti el frio
De una hoja de acero en las entranas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001011 0101000101111100 110101101110 11001001100 1011001011 1111111011100110 1100100111110 1100100111110 1011010110 110010100 111110011011 11011100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 461
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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