This is an analysis of the poem The Surrender Of Spain that begins with:
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Land of unconquered Pelayo! land of the Cid Campeador! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbbb X caca X bXbX X Xbdbd a XeaXe a baXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,1,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010000101001100 110100111010110 10011010010010010 111101111111010 1 1101001110010010 10010111011001 101101100101100100 1110111101001 1 1101011010010110 10110011001010 1100110101101010110 110010011111001 1 1111010111011 010 11110011011001 10011100110011010 10110011011001 1 101111111010110 10110011001011 10110011110111 010 1111111101011 1 1011100110010010 10101110010001 1000110101100110 10 11011111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words once, when are repeated.
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