This is an analysis of the poem Toreador that begins with:

Pepita queen of Venice
When you go beneath your shutter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdeXXfghidaX X gjeXjikj lkiXmcbXnlfabciX haeXjhnXngiXnmaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,8,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 11101110 110111 11100 11111 00110111 11101101010 10100 10010001 10010110 011001 11111 00111010 11011101 0010110 11101100 01 10101 01010 10110 1000 101010 1001 101 1010 011011001 0010001 0010101 10100100 11101010 100111 11011110110 100 1110001 10011101 010011010 110110 101111110 1001111 101001001 11100 110101101 1000100010 0010110110 011100 111100010 01010101 11110101 100 01010111 101010101 111010011 0101101 11010101 100011010 00101010 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet repeated the same word toreador at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase toreador connects the lines.

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  • summary of Toreador;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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