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

When freedom, from the land of Spain,
By Spain's degenerate sons was driven,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbccddeebfbXghghffhhddaa f fXiijj X aaaabb X hhkkhh X ffccfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000101 1101001110 11110101 010111010 01010111 110101001 110000101 01011111 11110101 11111101 11011101 11010111 01111111 10100101 11011101 01010111 11010001 110101010 01010101 110101010 01010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 00110101 100101001 11011101 1 101111111111 01010101010100 101011000101001 1010111010100101 10111111011110 11100101110101 1 1101011110101 10111110110001 1011111110101 111101110110101 11111100110001 101001101111111 1 111101100101 111111110111111 1010101110011 11111111011101 1101111110101 1010111011010111 1 1111010010111 111001101101111 1010001010011 110101010010001 101101010001 11100101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; i, and, thy, for, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'go, and are repeated.

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

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