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

Tinha no olhar cetíneo, aveludado,
A chama cruel que arrasta os corações,...

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: 101101010000 010101100110 111010110 1101101100 101001110000 11011100 1110100010 10011101000 1100101001100 10010111000 1011010001110 1100101010 101101101100 10110111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Pecadora;
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  • history of its creation;
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