This is an analysis of the poem Madam Gabrina, Or The Ill-Favourd Choice that begins with:

Con mala Muger el remedio
Mucha Tierra por el medio. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabbaaccddeefXXfgghXXgXXhhXXiijjaXffaaaahkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101100 101011100 1111011101 1100011101 1101001101 11110101100 1111010101 0101010101 1101001101 100010111 0111111101 110101111 0111010101 1101011001 1001000101 1011011101 11011001010 1011010101 1101111101 1101011101 1101110101 10010011010 0011010000 1111011101 1111111111 011111010 1110010101 1111011001 1101011110 1101110100 1011011101 0101011111 1011000100 10001110100 10110010110 1100010100 1101110101 1010110101 1111111100 1101101100 0101111101 1011011100 1101011111 110110001 1110011101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 980
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; thy is repeated.

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  • summary of Madam Gabrina, Or The Ill-Favourd Choice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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