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

Depois que se casara aquela criatura,
Que a negra traição das pérfidas requinta, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa aaaX 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: 10111100100100 10101110100 11010110100100 0111001010001010 10111010010 1010001001100110 101111011101110 010101011000100 1001100110001 1100111001001100 01010111011110 10011001110100 11110010101001 11101100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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