This is an analysis of the poem Here In Oaxaca It's The Night Of The Radishes that begins with:

Here in Oaxaca it's the Night of the Radishes
Now I wave from the green...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcaXcXXabb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1010000100100 111001 100010010 01101101 010100 0111011 1101101 010101 110110100 0101 100101010001 1010 1101011 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Here In Oaxaca It's The Night Of The Radishes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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