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

Pastorcita perdió sus ovejas
¡y quién sabe por dónde andarán! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101100 1111110 111001100110 110101101 1111011110 110011010101 10001110100 110111110 111001111101000 1100111010 11001011110 1101101110 101001000 1110101111 11111111101000 1100111101 111000101000 11110111111 10100110110 10101011 101100101010 10000101 10110111010 1101101001111 11100111111 1101010100 1100100100 10101100 111000101000 111010101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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