This is an analysis of the poem Pois Preyatz Me, Senhor that begins with:

Pois preyatz me, senhor,
qu'eu chan, eu chantarai;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaX XXXaXXXaa XaXaaXXaX XbXbabXXX aX X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,2,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 1011100 111101 010110 110100 011111 111110 111111 111110 111110 101111 1011100 111101111 111011110 11111110 110010 110011 010101 101110 110111 1011010 110011 110111 1101011 1011011 110011 111110 10101 11110 110111 110110 1011101 111101 11110 111110 111110 11011011111101110101111010110110101010101110100101110100111010110111110101 11111110110111011000101111111111111111111101110101111101010100011 11111111100101111110100010110110011011001011111110111111010101111 110110111010111110111011011101011111011001111100110011111010111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sai, i, me, and, to, you, of, as, that, love, if, ever, have, in, for, your, know, she are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase vai connects the lines.

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