This is an analysis of the poem Llano Vaqueros that begins with:

Padilla unloads mangy herd of Mexican
cattle in the field. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdefefbdbgcbdgdgdXcaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010100 10001 101111 1101010010 0101101 1100001 101 1101 10101 111 11110001 10111100 11011111 1101 111011 111111 111 01010101 1010101 10111 101111010100 11001110101 101111 1011001 10000110 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 753
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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