This is an analysis of the poem Hão De Chorar Por Ela Os Cinamomos... that begins with:

Hão de chorar por ela os cinamomos,
Murchando as flores ao tombar do dia....

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX Xba XbX
  • 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: 101011011000 100111110110 1100101110 100111001110 11001011010 110111010111 110110101010 1010011110 01011111000 1011010110101 101110010 111001010100 1110010110111 100111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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