This is an analysis of the poem No Leito that begins with:

Eu sofro; - o corpo padece
E minh'alma se estremece...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 110011100 100110110 1101010 10010110 110010110 0111001 11100100 110101 11100111 1110100 101001100 10101000 100010 01010110 111101100 110011100 111100100 100010111 101101100 111110100 10110100 100011100 110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 No Leito;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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