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

God send me tears!
Loose the fierce band that binds my tired brain, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cddc bbbb ebbe bffbXbccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111 1011111101 1101010100 111101 0111 0101010001 1001000101 0100101 0111 1011110101 1111100101 101111 1001 1011010101 11000010101 111101 1101 1011010101 1111100101 010011 1101 0101110101 01011111001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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