This is an analysis of the poem Apostrofe À Carne that begins with:

Quando eu pego nas carnes do meu rosto.
Pressinto o fim da orgânica batalha: ...

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: 10110111110 100111100100 10111100100 1001000111110 11101011000100 10101010100 1000111101100 110010110011001110 11010100 100111010010 01001000010 111101000101100 111000100100 1110010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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