This is an analysis of the poem Peruvian Tales: Cora, Tale Iv that begins with:

ALMAGRO'S expedition to Chili--His troops suffer great hardships from cold, in crossing the Andes--They reach Chili--The Chilians make a brave... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbccddeeffggbbaaaaccffhhcciiggffbbccddggaabbjjkkXjbbiibbjjjjaaeeffbbbbXbbbffiiXjbbhX ffbbbbggffaaXgbbjjllXXaabbddggffbbkXjjbbhhhhjjbbbbhhmmcchhXjllbbbbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,86,68,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100101001001101100101001011100101010100010001000101111110100010010001001001001000111101001100010101100110011111010100110101010111100011001001101010101001111010010 1011001001 1001110101 0101010101 11100101001 10011010111 1101010101 010100101 111010010101 1111010001 1011110101 11110100101 1101010101 1101100101 1000110101 1101010101 1101000101 01011110101 1101011011 1111010101 0111011101 1101010101 11010001001 1100111001 1101010101 11010101001 11110100101 1101110101 1101011001 1101011001 1101010111 0101000101 1101010101 1101000101 1101010101 1011010101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 11110101001 1101010011 1101010101 1100010101 1001010101 1001010101 0101010101 1111100111 0101011101 10110001010 11110111010 1101110110 1101010001 1110010101 0101010101 1001010101 01010100101 110010101001 1100110101 11011010101 1001110101 1101000111 0101010001 1001110101 1101010101 10100111011111 0101001101 1111010101 1111010101 1101111101 1111011101 110111110010 111101001010 1101010110 01110101001 11110110001 1101010101 10111010011 1101011101 0101001101 1001011111 1111010101 1111110101 11001010101 1101010101 1111110101 11110101010 1111110101 0111000101 1101010101 1101011101 0101010101 1111011101 1101100101 0101000101 1011100101 1111010101 1110010101 0100100101 100010111100 1011010101 1111010101 01001111101 01010100011 11010001001 11001011101 0101010111 1101010110 1111010101 1101000101 1101011101 1101010101 10011010111 1001111101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 110010010101 1010111011001 0111010001 0101010101 110010011010 10111101110 1101010101 1100010101 11010110101 1100010101 11010100101 1101011101 1101010101 1011000101 1101010101 1011110101 11010101110 11010111010 1101010101 01011101001 1101010001 1011010101 1001010111 01010100101 01001100101 01011111001 10111010101 1111010101 1101010101 0101100101 10001010101 1101000101 1011010101 1011110101 0101010101 01010101001 1100010101 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2509
  • Average number of words per stanza: 428
  • Amount of lines: 156
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, they, in, to, chili, his, my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, still, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Peruvian Tales: Cora, Tale Iv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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