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

Como o triste marinheiro
Deixa em terra uma lembrança,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111000 1011010100 1001001000 1010110 1011011 110111 111110110 10101100 11101000 11110100 11010100 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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