This is an analysis of the poem José that begins with:
E agora, José?
A festa acabou,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXAXXXXXA XXXXXXXXXXbXXXA AXXXXXXXb XbbXXXab XXXXXXXXa XXXXXXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,15,9,8,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 010100 01100 11010 0110 11001 11001 1111 110110 11110 110100 11001 01110 011100 011100 11110 11110 10111 0110 11011 1111 11011 1100100 110100 11010 11010 11001 11001 11100 11001 110110 11000 110010 110010 1100 111100 10111 110010 11010 11011 11110 111010 10111 11100 11110 11110 11110 01010 11110 11110 11110 1111 1111 1001100 110110 1100 1101 1011100 110010 110110 1101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, est, sem, o, n, veio, e, sua, se, voc are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, e, est, j, o, sua, se, sem are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines veio, jos, porta are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words jos, agora at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases voc, minas, jos connect the lines.
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