This is an analysis of the poem Valsando that begins with:
Casta madonna del siglo trece,
En fondo de oro la blanca luna; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101101 11001011010 110100110100 1111101000 11111101100 100101110 11110100110 110001001 1110010010 101101000 110100110010 1111001010 110110100 110110110 0110010000 1010110100110 11011001100 110110011 1 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; y is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word y is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase y connects the lines.
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- summary of Valsando;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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