This is an analysis of the poem Asa De Corvo that begins with:

Asa de corvos carniceiros, asa
De mau agouro que, nos doze meses,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XaXX 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: 10010100010 0110011110 10110110110110 1100010110 10001101100 1100101001010 10010111010 1011010110100 110101111100 1010010111010 11100101000 10110101000 10101000100 110110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Asa De Corvo;
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  • history of its creation;
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