This is an analysis of the poem Ecos Do Realismo: Lágrimas that begins with:

Ela chorava muito e muito, aos cantos,
Frenética, com gestos desabridos; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010010110110 1001101000 1100111000 1001010110 1101001010110 1001111000 11011101000 101110010010 110110010100 11001000100 11001001000 10101010000 10001101000 101101001100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; os is repeated.

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