This is an analysis of the poem La Hamaca that begins with:

No canto los primores
Que otros poetas cantan. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXabXX XXXXXbbXXX XXXXabXXXX XbXXcXXXXX XXXbaXXXXX XbXXXbbXXX bXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXbXX aXaXbbXbXX XXXbXXXbXX XXcXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 1101010 11011010 1101110 11101010 110101100 11001010 11101110 1010110 11011100 11100110 0110100 0110000 111100100 110010100 1100110 11001010 110111110 1010110 11011100 1101110 110011110 111101000 11101100 1100010 110010 111110 111100 1010110 11011100 10001010 11000110 11011 11011000 10111110 1001100 011011110 111110010 1010110 11011100 100111 111010 110110 11100110 010100110 1101000 11101100 11111010 1010110 11011100 0110100 1011110 100100 100100110 110111 1110110 11011110 10110110 1010110 11011100 1100110 110001100 101101 1010110 110010000 0101100 11011110 1111100 1010110 11011100 1011000 11101 1011000 100110 1100010 1010110 111110 11100111100 1010110 11011100 111110 111110010 011010 1011000 1011110 1100110 111100100 11100111010 1010110 11011100 110011010 1110100 01101110 1101100 110000100 10110010 1100110 11011010 1010110 11011100 11011000 1111010 1101000 10101110 1010110 1100100 1101100 111110 1010110 11011100 111101000 011110110 111110100 111001000 1001000 01011010 11101000 1010110 1010110 01011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words si, de, al, y, los are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words hamaca, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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