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

Si al mecer las azules campanillas
De tu balcon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXXa XXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111001000 0110 11100010110 1000 11100101111010 1001 1110010001100 1010 11111111100 1001 1110111101110 1101 1111010011101 1101 11011101100 1000 111010011010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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, te are repeated.

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

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

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