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

Eu sei que há muito pranto na existência,
Dores que ferem corações de pedra, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 111110101100 1011010010 1101010011110 010011110 110011110 1010101100 1101010100 1010010010 1001010010 10110011001 101100110000 11001110100100 01000111111110 1100100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Máscara;
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