This is an analysis of the poem Loco that begins with:

No, no está loco. El alma solamente
le rompió un eslabón de su materia....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XabX XXaX XXXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110100 010110011100 1010111011 11110000110010 101110110 101011011 111101101110 111010110010 11100011100 10000110100 1101101000 1110011011100 01111001100 11010110011000 110101100011001 011110011110100 100111100110 100111011110 1111101010010 111010110100 10011110011 1001111001100 1100110110 11110001010100 1100101001110 110011100011 101001101111010 111001011010 110110110100 010110011100 1010111011 111100001100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, que, es, un, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words y, se, ahora, es are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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