This is an analysis of the poem Lúbrica that begins with:

Cobertos de folhagen, na verdura
O teu braço ao redor do meu pescoço,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001001100 1111101110 1110111110 111100010100 1100101010 1110011000 11011001100 1001000110 110001010100 110101110 1000111101 101001101000 1100101110 11011101010 11011011110 110001010010 1010100100 10010101000 10001010100 1001000110 10110101 11001001110 11100101010 11101000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 851
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 word o is repeated.

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

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

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

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