This is an analysis of the poem Aos Meus Filhos that begins with:

Na intermitência da vital canseira,
Sois vós que sustentais ( Força Alta exige-o ... ) ...

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: 11000110100 11011001010101 1110100010 1100011000 1011000100 10110110010 111011011010 11101100101000 10010010100 010110001000 11100011101 100101110100 10011101000 1010001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, o are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gio is repeated).

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