This is an analysis of the poem Ao Sanctissimo Sacramento Estando Para Comungar that begins with:

Tremendo chego, meu Deus,
Ante vossa divindade,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X a X X X X X b X X X b X a X X X X X X X c X X X X a a X c X X X a X X X X X X X X X X X c X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011 1010100 101101000 10101010 1010100 10100101 1110110 1100110 10100011 111111 111010110 10110111 10110110 01110100 1011010110 110101101 100111110 1011101 10110110 1010111 10111011 1001000 110101110 10100010 10111100 1010011 1010110 10101000 1100110 10110000 010110101 111100101 1111111 1101001 111011 01001000 111010 11010001 11001110 1011100 11011110 111010010 11101011 111110110 1110100 1111100 111110110 1010010 10110110 1010101 11110110 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 52
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 26
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; que, me, o, vos, os are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word vossos at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, vel are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words me, vel at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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