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

La expresión dulce que su rostro baña,
de sus ojos la plácida centella,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XaaX XXX XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001111101 0110110100 100110011010 111010011010 11010000110 110001110110 10110100010 1101000100 1010001101000 110001110100 110111100 010110110100 1100011110010 110011011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; el is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).

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

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

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