This is an analysis of the poem A Flor Do Maracujá that begins with:

Encontrando-me com um sertanejo
Perto de um pé de maracujá ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX bXXX bXXa XXXX XXXX XXcX bXXc aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001111000 100110100 11100 101101000 110110 011100 11101110 0101101 010111010 011100 1001110 1101110 11011000 1101111 10011001 1110110 100100 1100100 111011011 111111100 11101110 111001100 1011011 11000010 10110000 1101011 100110100 11110010 010001000 111011100 100110 111111010 101100 1101000 1101011 110100 1000001 110101 11101011 1010001 110100 101011 11011 01001111 0101110 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; foi, si, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, mais, si are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word maracuj at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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  • summary of A Flor Do Maracujá;
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