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

Sobre la falda tenia
El libro abierto;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 110100 11100100 11010 11011110 1001 11000100 10100 101111100 1100 111111111 111100 1100001000 11010 111111100 110110 1101011100 110110 1001010110 1011100 1001100110 11100 10011110 11110 1101001000 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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  • summary of Rimas Xxix;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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