This is an analysis of the poem Velha Anedota that begins with:
Tertuliano, frívolo peralta,
Que foi um paspalhão desde fedelho, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXXa 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: 100010010 1111001100 1010001011100 10110110010 11101001010 1101011010010 01110101100 1100111110 10001110010 110011011000 111101111100 1000110110100 111101010010 100010010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tipo is repeated.
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