This is an analysis of the poem Soneto that begins with:

Pensas tu, bela Anarda, que os poetas
Vivem d’ar, de perfumes, d'ambrosia? ...

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: 101101001110 101001100 110011100 11001111000 11110100100 1011011110 110110101101 1010110001010 101011010100 11011011101 11111011000 11110011000 1110111011100 101101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; que, o are repeated.

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  • summary of Soneto;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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