Oda Al Tomate by Pablo Neruda: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Oda Al Tomate that begins with:

La calle
se llenó de tomates,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXadXXXXXXXcXXXdXXXXXXXXXXbXXXcXcbXXXXXcXXXXbXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1110100 100 100 11 111 11 100 010 1 11111 110 110 11100 110 01 111100 1011100 1110 1000 1110000 10110 11110000 1100100 1 110 100010 1001100 10000 111 1100 1111010 11010 100 11 10 100 1000 111111000 010 11101000 1110100 1101000 1111 1 10 10 1001010 1110001000 100 1100 11100 11111000 111110 11 1100 100 1000 11110 1010000 1100 10 111010 1110 110 10 11 11011100 1100 110 10010 110 1000 1100 110 1100000 110 110100 111000 110 1100 11001100 1100 1100 01110100 111000011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; los is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sus, sin are repeated.

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