This is an analysis of the poem Algunas Bestias that begins with:

Era el crepúsculo de la iguana.
Desde la arcoirisada crestería ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXXbXXXbXaXaXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001010 1110000100 111010110 111011100 11000100100 110001110 1011101011000 11111001010 1010010010 101101010 101110000 11010010 110100110 100000100 111110001010 100010010 110001101010 01111000010 101101100 11101100 0100100110 10111100100 11010001000 10110010 11110011110 1111001000 11011110 101101000 101011110 10000110 11001011 1110110 10010100 10011010 1111011010 101100110 0110101010 100010100 1000011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 199
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, el, de, los are repeated.

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

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