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

Cendal flotante de leve bruma,
Rizada cinta de blanca espuma,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXX XXXXXa XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110 10010010100 10100 010010 101101001 10101 1101011010 101011000 10110101100 10110101100 11010 111101010 111010010 10100 11010 10010001010 1011 101011011100 1101001110 1110010110 11010111010 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; de, como are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words como, en are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tu connects the lines.

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