This is an analysis of the poem Versos De Amor that begins with:

Parece muito doce aquela cana.
Descasco-a, provo-a, chupo-a . . ilusão treda!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXbb accX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110010 100010010010010 1101010010100 01001011110100 11011011011000 111101011100 100111110001100 10110101010 101110111110 1101100101110 10100011100 101010011110 100011101100 100111010010 10111001101100 100110111100 11101101110100 110011010 10101110110110 1010001110100 01000010010 10000001100 11010011100 1010010100110 10100011000 1011100010010 10101010110 11001101000 101111111 100011100111110 101011101 1010110101 101101001010 11101011 1000100011 10110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; o, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word possam is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vel, lo are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cuida connects the lines.

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  • summary of Versos De Amor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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