This is an analysis of the poem Flor Amorosa that begins with:

Flor amorosa, compassiva, sensitiva, vem porque
É uma rosa orgulhosa, presunçosa, tão vaidosa...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXb bX XXXX cXXXdX X XXaX XXXcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,4,6,1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001000100011 1010100010000100 1100101101110011 111110110110110 11011000010 11011101 110011111000 1011011110 111100100111 110110111 1111100110010 10101011011 11011010 11010110110 11111110 111111 1011101000 01100110011 1111111001 1111110010 101011101101 11101001101110 0101 111101100 11001110 1101001011101111 1111011001010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word um is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o is repeated).

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

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