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

?Que es poesia? dices mientras clavas
En mi pupila tu pupila azul;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010 11100110010 11101111100 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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  • summary of Rimas Xxi;
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  • history of its creation;
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