This is an analysis of the poem San Antonio that begins with:

Tonight I lingered over your name,
the delicate assembly of vowels...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbbXcXcaXXadbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101011 0100010010 010111 10101101 11111 1101110 111101 111110 01111 01111011 1010011 00111 1010111001 01111 10101010 11111 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

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