This is an analysis of the poem Uma Observaçao that begins with:

A moça está sentada. O moço amado
Para uma contradança vai "tirá-la":...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX XXX XaX
  • 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: 010110011010 1010100011010 1101001111010 110100111 0101010010000 100101011100 1111010011010 10101110000 100100111100 1110100100 01011000100 1101001110 10001101001110 1100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; o is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).

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

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