This is an analysis of the poem Life Of The Blessed that begins with:
FROM THE SPANISH OF LUIS PONCE DE LEON.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXabb cdcdd efeff adadd gdgdd hihiX aXaeeXfefee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00100011010 100111 10001101110 111111 11010011 101111101 101111 1001010111 101101 101101 0111010101 111111 1001011101 110101 1100101 1011010101 110001 1001001110 110001 110111 01101011101 110011 0101110101 100111 010101 11001101001 001111 01010001001 110101 110100 0100010010 110101 01001011100 010011 110100 0111011101 111111 0101111101 100101 011101 0100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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