This is an analysis of the poem Poesia E Amor that begins with:

A tarde que expira,
A flor que suspira,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabaXXX AaXcXXac XXdXXXXe XXXXXXXe XXbXXXXX XaaXXXXX cXXXaXXX XXXXXXXe XXXXXXXX XdXcXAXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100 011100 110110 110110 11110 01110 111011 100111 1100100 1010110 1010100 1111 010100 110110 11101010 100111 11010 111100 111001 110110 110100 1110100 110100 11001 110110 11010 1110110 1001100 110100 1110100 10011100 1111 0100100 100110 110010 11011 11011 11011 1110 1010 01110 0111110 111010 11011 110100 110110 110100 111001 11011 10011 111011 100110 11110 100100 010100 1110 0111000 1010100 110010 111010 1101110 11010 1110100 11011 1010100 1010100 1001100 1101 1101100 110110 110110 11001 11010 110101 111100 11001 110100 1100100 101010 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, os, da, tudo are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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