Analysis of La Mano
Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)
Creí sentir una soga
y dijo un hermano,
pese no estar en boga,
que era la mano
que mi vida se arroga.
| Scheme | ABABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 11101 1111 11111 110110 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 102 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on December 25, 2023
Submitted by robertrad2021 on December 25, 2023
Modified by robertrad2021 on December 25, 2023
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