This is an analysis of the poem Noturno (Augusto Dos Anjos) that begins with:

Chove. Lá fora os lampiões escuros
Semelham monjas a morrer... Os ventos,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X X a X X X a X b X XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110110100 10010010110 100001110100 010011110100110 10101101110 1010111000 1011101100 10100110100 010101101 1100010001 10101100010 111010111010 10001011100 1110100110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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