This is an analysis of the poem No Claustro that begins with:

Na rua em funeral ei-la que passa,
A romaria eterna dos aflitos,...

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: 110110011110 01001001100 01001101100 1100100110 1110101100 11011110 011100111000 1010110011 1010110110 11000100100 011001011 1110100110000 0101001010100 0101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; dos is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word a at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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