This is an analysis of the poem Cutufato that begins with:

Quiso el niño Cutufato
Divertirse con un gato; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXab XXXcXX XXXXXa cXaXXX bbXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111000 1001110 01101100 110110 111001110 1111 1111110 101101110 110101100 110001011 101010110 1100 1011011100 10001010 100011100 11101011000 110010100 1010 1000100111 101101000 1110100110 01010110 111010100 110 111111 111010011 11000100 011000100 11110100110 0100 1111110110 110011000 111011000 111001 111111110 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

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