This is an analysis of the poem La Reina (And Translation) that begins with:

The Queen
I have named you queen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXa cdcecX Xefge gXg hXXfh fXhiXX XcXXi ddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,3,5,6,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 11111 11101110 11101110 1110011100 11101 111101 1110101 1111101111 1010011 111111 0101010 11101 10101 01101 101 101101 10111 1011111 1001 111100010 111011110 111011110 1110111110 101101010 10111111 11100 111010010110 110001010 110110 11001110 110100 101011 1110100 110111100 111010110 1111 1111101 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; you, and, m, s, y, lo are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, no, only, hay, nadie, s are repeated.

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

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