This is an analysis of the poem El Niño Y La Mariposa that begins with:

Mariposa,
Vagarosa ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX bXXXX XXXXb XcXXX XXXXX XcXXX XXXaX XXXaX XaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000 1000 10111110 1101010110 011111 1011 10100 101000111 1111000 1110100 1100 1101 1110111110 11111100 11100110 110 1010 1110101 1110110 11111110100 01100 1000 11101110 111010110 11101110 1110 0010 1101110 111011111 111100100 110 111 01011000 1111010 11011010 111 110 101001000 110100110 0100111 10100 10110 111101000 11101100 10101000 1011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word y is repeated.

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

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