This is an analysis of the poem A. S. Francisco Tomando O Poeta O Habito De Terceyro that begins with:

Ó magno serafim, que a Deus voaste
Com asas de humildade, e paciência,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101001011 11001001100 110011010010 101100101100 11100100110 1010001110 1101000100 101010011 010101010100 11011101010 101110011000 1101110100 11010000110 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 28
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; e is repeated.

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

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

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