This is an analysis of the poem Simón El Bobito that begins with:

Simón el bobito llamó al pastelero:
¡a ver los pasteles, los quiero probar! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXXX bXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX bXbc XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111000 01110011010 11001101010110 11100111010 111100111000 1100101101100 0111000101100 111010100 11011110100100 100111011110 10100010101 101011111010011 10110001110011 1101111011010 111010100100 1101101111010 10111001100100 010010110110 1111100100100 1111001011 110100100111 10001101001 10011110100 0101101111 1100110011100 1101100111 1110011100 11100111010 11110101101000 1110001110 11111101111010 101010001010 111111111100 11111101110111 01011011010100 1111001011100 1001100110010 1011010110 1000100010110 111001110100 100101101110 11011001010 10011010110 11100011010 1011111100 11111001010 111001001001100 110001001001 101110101000 11010111001111 1010100100100 11111101001 11001001100100 11010110010 11101011000110 1101000110010 1010111000110 110111011101 11001101111000 10011001010011 11110111000 1011100100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; el, y, en, un, se are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word n at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Simón El Bobito;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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