This is an analysis of the poem Numa Forja that begins with:

De inexplicáveis ânsias prisioneiro
Hoje entrei numa forja, ao meio-dia....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa X X X X X X a X X X X X X X X X a X b X X X X X b X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X b X X X X X X b X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X b X X X X X b X X X X a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011000 11010101110 10111101110 0101001100 1001010 010100 1000100100 11011000100 11010110 10110001000 01001000 1110100 100110101100 01000010000 011100 1000010100100 10110100100 0111000 1010010 1010100 10000010110 1100100 101001000100 110100001101 111001000 111010 1010010 100101000 101010 1001111010 1010001000 10011101000 1100000010 10110100100 1010100 1010100 1001100 10000111 1010011 100000 101101 11001010 01000110 10110 1000101 100100 0101101 11010111010 110100011 1011010 1110100 11000001001010 01010001000 1011000 10000001100 10001101010 10001011000 100110 100010101010 1110100 1010100 101001000 101110 110110 10111000 1110100010100 01010110100 10110000100 10001100 0010111100010 0110010 1010101011000100 1000011010 01001000 1110001000100 01100100 1100110010 11010110100 1001100 010100010000 11001001010100 1000100 1010010100 1101000110 101011011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 84
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 28
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o, ncia, ntica are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words o, ncia, ntica at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases a, o connect the lines.

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