I'Ll Never Forget, I Vow (Verse Xiv) by Jose Marti: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I'Ll Never Forget, I Vow (Verse Xiv) that begins with:

I'll never forget, I vow,
That fall morning long ago,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb X XX X X dXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 1110101 1110111 0101101 1110111 1011111 0101101 1111011 111010010101 111010010 1100010 11010110 0111010 110011110 10011001000 10110000 0101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word yo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word o at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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