This is an analysis of the poem À Capela Do Almeida that begins with:

Grato oásis do viajante,
Terra de lindos primores,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX XXXXa aXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 10010100 11100111 1010110 0110100 11011100 1110110100 111110 110011010 1110011000 1010100 11110001 110101111 11010101 11011110 1100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 em is repeated.

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