This is an analysis of the poem Cuando La Vaca Viene Al Sesteadero that begins with:

Zagales alegres, cantores del campo,
Venid un secreto muy dulce a escucharme;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXbXXbXXXXaXXXXbXXXXbXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100100110 101100110100 1100110 110010 1111010 111000 010101001011010 10101100 10110111000 111010110010 10100110010 0110110 01000100 111110010 111010 010101001110100 10101100 10110111000 100110111000110 01001100110110 01011100 010111100 1110010 100100 11010101001110 10101100 10110111000 11010111010 11110010111100 1100010 101110 101011100 10100101110 1010010001010110 10101100 10110111000 1101010110110 010100100110 11011010 0110010 110111 1001000 101001011111010 10101100 10110111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 248
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; y is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Cuando La Vaca Viene Al Sesteadero;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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