This is an analysis of the poem Humorismos De Amor/ Frígida that begins with:

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Balzac é meu rival, minha senhora inglesa!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXX XXXXX XXXXb XXbXb aXXXX aXXXX XXXXX XXXbX XcXcX XXXXX aXXXX XXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011010100100 1100110110100 11100010100100 111011011101110 1 100001101101000 101001001100 1101110010100 100111111001100 1 1100100100100 1011100110010 1010111001000 101001100010010 1 101001011110110 11001001010010 111001101010011 101110011001010 1 1011011000100 10101000100 11010111110 100101011100100 1 1001110010011 1100100001010 100010110110 101010001101100 1 10010110100 101100111010 101110010011 110110011101100 1 10101101101100 010001111100 1101001010010 11001110100 1 110101101101011 111101111 11100110100001 1100010010011 1 11101001010000 11111010011000 10110100000 10011100110011100 1 11100111001 111100110001 10100101100 10011101100010 1 111101110110100 1110010101100 110010101000 11001010010 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, o, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

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  • summary of Humorismos De Amor/ Frígida;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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