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

Niña, ¿de las bellas flores
Que tu delantar oculta...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXbXXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111011 11100100 10001100 1010110 101101 10111110100 101101010 111011010 101001100 1100100 1111000110 11001110 0110011110 111111010 11011000 11000100 11100110 101111010 10111010 11111100 10011100110 101110110 10100110 11010100 110111100 11111001100 11011001 101111010 1110111 1110110100 11011000 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 859
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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