This is an analysis of the poem Deus É A Luz Celestial... that begins with:

Deus é a luz celestial que os astros unge e veste,
E dessa eterna luz nós todos fomos feitos....

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: 1010101110111 11010011101010 1100101011010 11001001010001 1101101110101111 1101001110100 0111011000100 110110111110 1110110010100 0110101100100 011011001101011 1011101011111110 11110101111010 111111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; o is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word us at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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