This is an analysis of the poem The AlcÁZar that begins with:

The General now lives in town;
He's eighty odd, they say;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Xebebfbf gagaaaaXXafadebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101 110111 11110111 010101 110100111 011101 11010101 100101 1110010 01011 01010101 010101 01000101 001100 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 100100011 110101 11111101 011110 11011101 1111010 11111101 110101 01011101 110101 11010101 010101 1101011011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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