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

Cobre-lhe a fria palidez do rosto
O sendal da tristeza que a desola;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXa 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: 10101100110 110110010100 1011001101100 11010000100 10110011010 1101011110 110101011110 10101011010 101101010110 100110001100 100011001110 110101101000 1011011100 1010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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  • summary of Sofredora;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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