This is an analysis of the poem À Meia- Noite that begins with:

Cheguei à meia-noite em ponto.
O caso deu-se como eu conto....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XX aXXXa XA XXXXX XX bXXbb Xb XaXXX AX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,2,5,2,5,2,5,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 11011110110 10110 110110100 10111100 11100110010 100111100 1011001010010 100111110 10110110100 10111010 1101001010 10111010 1010101010010 111001100 100011010 1010001101 1101001110 100010100 101101010 10110100 10001010 110110101010 110101011 111001010 100111110 110110101010 110001010 101111 101010110010 100111010 1010101010 101111 1010101010010 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of À Meia- Noite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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