This is an analysis of the poem Las Gaviotas that begins with:

Alados copos de nivea espuma,
Tras de la bruma...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXbXXXXABbCXXXXXXXXXXbXcXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXABbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010100 10110 011 1011011010 110101111010 0111 1101011100 10110 1110 1001011010 10101010010 101011 1100011000 11000 1011 111001110 10010110110 1101 1010101010 101010 1110 10100111110 1101010110 11010 101001010 1010 1100 1100010100 100110010110 111 11010010110 10100 110 110011000 1011010110 111 1001010100 10100 111 101001110 01001011010 110 111110001010 11000 110 1011010110 1111111110 1100 1100011000 11000 1011 111001110 10010110110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1327
  • Average number of words per stanza: 241
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, n, el are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines os is repeated).

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

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