This is an analysis of the poem From 'Marian Lopez Calixto's Story,' (Visit To Maya Land, Fall 1976) that begins with:
In the time of the ancients
the earth went dark for 5 days...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacXded bXfaff ghbX fiagjk jgkkhdbddikkXXlkcgg X mm ee ee je b bgjiagmikk bfdXfbd lbj fgdXei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,6,19,1,2,2,2,2,1,10,7,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010 0111111 111101 1011 101000111 00 01001011 10101000 01010101 10110 101111 11 110001 101001 1111010 101 101 111010 0010001100 010111 0011100 111001011 0111010 101 111011 1101001 10101 10101 110101 111110 11101010 110 1110 00101 001 1111001001 0100 1101111101 1110 101 0101 10110 1111110 10 1111 1111 111 111 1111 1111 011010 010101 10011001 1111010010 011 101010110 1110010 010100101 111 111111 1101001001 101111 0101 11110101 110101 0010101001 01101011 1101010101 001111001 1 11101110 1011 0110101 11 111 11101 10100 10111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; here, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, just, now are repeated.
The author used the same word are at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines clay, them, now, here are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word here 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 one connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of From 'Marian Lopez Calixto's Story,' (Visit To Maya Land, Fall 1976);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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