This is an analysis of the poem A Esmola De Dulce that begins with:

E todo o dia eu vou como um perdido
De dor, por entre a dolorosa estrada, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX 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: 11011011101100 0111000010010 10010101100 0100110010000 11010111010000 1110010100 1001110100110000 0101101100 11011110110100 10010101100 111011110 10101101100 100100101010 100100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • 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; e is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

    The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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