This is an analysis of the poem Que É - Simpatia that begins with:

Simpatia - é o sentimento
Que nasce num só momento,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011000 1111100 100110 11100100 11010010 101010 1001110 10001100 1100110 11110100 111110100 11111011 111011 1111010 1101101 11001100 1101000 111010 1001100 11001000 1101011 11011100 11100110 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words que, o are repeated.

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

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