This is an analysis of the poem Duas Estrofes that begins with:

A queda do teu lírico arrabil
De um sentimento português ignoto...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110100 011000100100 10101010110 11101101001 110001100110 11000111000 01101101100 11000101010 01110000 10011010001 10100011010 1101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; um, e are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Duas Estrofes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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