This is an analysis of the poem Tristezas De Um Quarto-Minguante that begins with:
Quarto Minguante! E, embora a lua o aclare,
Este Engenho Pau d'Arco é muito triste... ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XbbX XXXX XXXX XbXX XbbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101100010110 1100110101 110011110 101101111100 1100011110100 0101010011 10101101010 1100000100 1101001100110 1011011000 11010100010110 1001001010010 1011111010 101101001000 1100110110 100101110 1001111011010 110010111111100 11000000100 1001100110 110100100110 11110110010 001010100110 101000100 110101000101 11111111 111101010 11001110001 01001001100 11111010111000 101100001000 11010110110 101110111010 100101010101110 0101001110 110011010010 1001010010100 100101010100100 100101001100 1101000101000 011101000110 1101100101 10011001000 110010001100 1011010110110 10101001010 11001001100 1110000110100 11100010100 10111001010 10101101010 110101110110 101101011000 10101011011 11011101101 111000111000 10010001010 101110001000 101101001110 1111001010 110101000100 1000011010 10011110100 11001011010 1101110110 101100101011 111110010 10111110010 010101100000 1111001100100 10101001100 111101010100 1001001001110 110010011100 11111001010 111011100110 101000110 1101001101100 110100101000 10001010100 1011101100100 0101011011 110101101 110100111010 1000110110 111010011100 0100111000 11110110110 01100101010 101001100010 10110011111000 1000101010 100010110100 01010100100 10010100110 110011000100 110101110010 10011010100 0101000010 111010111000 111111110 1010110110101100 11001011010 10001101100
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 129
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, se, o, me, conta, e are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a, nos, cias are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase a connects the lines.
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