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

Borboleta dos amores,
Como a outra sobre as flores,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXBX XXXXXc XXXXXd XAXXBX XXXXXX XXXXXX XAXXBX XXcXeX XeXXXd XbaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001100 100101111 111010 1101000 1101010 1110110 110100100 111101100 110110 111110010 11111100 1101101 11010110 111100 11101 101010 1101100 11010101 10001100 100101111 111010 1101000 1101010 1110110 110011100 1101101100 1111110101 101001100 100111 110101 11110100 10111100 101100 10100100 10110110 111110 10001100 100101111 111010 1101000 1101010 1110110 1101000100 100101000 11010101 1001100 10010010 10110 1110100 11011010 11010011 1010010 111100 11001111 11101000 11010010 11101011 10011110 11010110 10001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, porque, e are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rio is repeated).

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