This is an analysis of the poem Triste Regresso that begins with:

Uma vez um poeta, um tresloucado,
Apaixonou-se d'uma virgem bela;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXX XXa
  • 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: 10111011000 100011101010 100101110000 10101000010 101101101100 11011011100 10101001100 1101010000 110110011100 10010010100 101011000100 1101011000 1101011100 11001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.

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  • summary of Triste Regresso;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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