This is an analysis of the poem A Vitória Do Espírito that begins with:

Era uma preta, funeral mesquita,
Abandonada aos lobos e aos leopardos...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X a X X X X X X X X X X X b X X X X X X X X X X X b b X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X b X X a X X X b X X X X X b X X b b X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010100100 1000011011100 10100111000 100001101010 10100101010 100111010 10111001000 11000100010 1010101100 11010001000 10100101000 1100110100 11001001010 1001101010 1101110011 1011010101010 111010100110 1110100110010 11100110010 10101001110000 01001011010 1101010010 101101101000 100000100010 10101101000 1011110010 110110100 101010111010010 110101100010 100010011110 010101101100 11011001000 10101010000 1110101011010 110010100 11010100010 1010001110100 10100101010 1101010010 1101101010100 100100101100 10010010110 110011001110 111010100100 10110110010 100100101000 1100101010000 101101010010 1001110100 11101011100 10101000110 11111001 11101001100 1111011010 010001000010 11000101101100 1111001100 11000100000 100110000 01000101000 1100110010 11001011010 110011011100 1100101010 11010110100100 110001110 010000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 66
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 34
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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