This is an analysis of the poem Don Quixote that begins with:

The knight of immortal youth
at the age of fifty found his mind in his heart...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXXdd XXadcXcbX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 101010101001 11011011010 01010001 10101010110010 110111100 111010010110 10111100110110 1111101011011 11110110100110 01100001 011101 1010110 11111011 1111 11011001011 001001010101010 11010001101100 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; you is repeated.

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

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

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