This is an analysis of the poem Esquela A Solina that begins with:

Dice el doctor que estoy convaleciente,
Gracias por la sabrosa jaletina:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11101101000 10111001000 101100101100 11110110111 11101011000 1111001011100 111100111000 1110110100 11011101100 11000011100100 101011010010 100011100100 101010010111 1110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la is repeated.

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