This is an analysis of the poem Uma Noite No Cairo that begins with:

Noite no Egito. O céu claro e profundo
Fulgura. A rua é triste. A Lua Cheia...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1110011101100 10001010101 011001101110 01011010110 110101110010 1100101000100 1101100110 101001010100 110011010100 1101100110 110101001110 1010100010 10110101000 111100101010 11010101100 10100010000 101101100011 100110110011 10000100010 101101000010 110010101010 10010110100 111110000100 10010001000 10000110 1100010001 11011101 101100100110 10110110100 1101010100 10010110100 10100101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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.

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

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