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

No sientas que te falte
el don de hablar que te arrebata el cielo, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11010111000110 11000110010 111010110010 1111 11100110010 1101111001110 1111100111010 11011111010 111010000111110 1110110100 1101111000110 11100100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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; ni is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Emma;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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