This is an analysis of the poem Mãos that begins with:

Há mãos que fazem medo
Feias agregações pentagonais,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 11001000 10110100010 10000101000 100010 10100100100 100010 10101000100 101000100001 11000110000 111001111110 11100010100 100010010 11111010010 11010001000 11010 110011100 110000111100 100011111010 10001 1100110110110 0100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; s, os are repeated.

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

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