This is an analysis of the poem Loma Alta * that begins with:

Scarred with the jagged wounds from ruthless hands,
Despoiled, dishonored of my fair array, -... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaaabaXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100110101 10001001101 01110010001 1111001101 01001101001 1011000011 110010101001 1101000101 1101110111 10111100101 1101010100 1011010101 1111111100 0101100101 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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