This is an analysis of the poem Enfermedades De La Ninez that begins with:

A una boca vendida,
a una infame boca, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXaXXXaXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100 0101010 1010110011110 01001001100 1110101000100 11101101100 1110101 1100010 11011010110 10100111100 111010101000 101000110010 1110100 111010 111000110 1100110100 110110110010 110010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; el is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Enfermedades De La Ninez;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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