Analysis of Escamas



De un rey las escamas,
arrastradas en las camas,
de su orgullo siervo,
cual la pira de un ciervo,
el grano vivo de playas...


Scheme AABBA
Poetic Form Limerick  (80%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111 1111 1111 111111 1101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 124
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on April 16, 2024

Submitted by robertrad2021 on April 16, 2024

Modified by robertrad2021 on April 16, 2024

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