This is an analysis of the poem A Caridade that begins with:

No universo a caridade
Em contraste ao vicio infando...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110000100 110110100 10110100 10111000 1110100 11001100 010011100 10100011 10000100 10110110 111011010 11011000 101100110 1110110 110110100 1010110 110100111 11001000 101101000 1100001 001001100 101001 11100 1111000 1000 10010110 1101100 010000 11000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Caridade;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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