This is an analysis of the poem Isla Famosa that begins with:

Aquí estoy, solo estoy, despedazado.
Ruge el cielo: las nubes se aglomeran, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXbXb XXXbXXXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111010000 111011110111000 1100110001100 1100111101 1010011011010 011000010000 0111011110 0101001010011 1111111010 111010001110 1011010011 1101100110 11101110100 010101011101 10100101100 1101011010 11010100100 101101001011 1011001000 10010101010 1011011101 110110101100 1011011010 1001101000 1010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 467
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; y, de, d, nde, los are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, d are repeated.

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  • summary of Isla Famosa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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