This is an analysis of the poem Saudade that begins with:
Hoje que a mágoa me apunhala o seio,
E o coração me rasga atroz, imensa,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011100011 111011010100 10100110011 1111101100 1100110100 1001110100 110001010100 1110111110 1101001111100 11111000100100 101101111000 11011010000 1001001110110 11110011000010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.
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