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

Não sei, para que é nascer
neste Brasil empestado...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X a X X X X X X a X X b X X X X X X X b X X X X X X X X X c X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X b X X X X c X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X b b d X X X X X X X X d
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1101000 110101100 1101 100100110 1010111100 101101010 01100 1011100110 1111100 111011 10100 11010110 1110110 1111101110 10100 11101100 110000011 110010 1100 1001001010 1110111 111101 110 110010100 1010110 11101011 0100 11111100 1101000 1101110 11010 110011100 11001100 1111100 101000 11011100 110100010 1101110 110110 1111100 01010101 1111100 11100 10110100 110101000 11010000 111010 01110100 11100101 1000110 1010 1100110 11010110100 110111 1110 010101100 11010110 100101 11100 1001100 111011100 11111110 11011 11011011 11110110 111100 11010 11101010010 11111110 11110110 101100 010101100 1111100 11101000 1110 1110110 11001000 11110100 110 101001000 100101100 11101100 1101 10011010 1111001 1010011 11000 1111000 0100110 11101010 10110 11001010 10110111 10011101 11100 1110100 01001000 1101100 110 101100 111100010 101101 1011100 111010100 11110010 11001100 0110 10100110 1111000 1111100 11000 110011000 011100 1011100 100010 10010100 11001100 111101100 11110 11100010 11101110 11100100 11110 10001100 0100110010 1111000 1010 110111000 1101000 10111110 110010 11011100 1111011111 11110110 1001 10101010 110101000 110010110 101010 1100110 10011000 11101000 1011 1010010 11110110 0101011000 101010 110010010 11010100 11000010 10110 1101011100 101101000 100110100 11110 101000100 01001100 11101100 11110 01110100 1110110100 10101101 10010 1010110 11010100 10101100 0110 11110100 11011001 11010 11010 11110111000 11110100 10110110 110100 111011100 111110100 11100 11110 101110100 11111110 10010110 10100 11011110 111110 1110010 01010 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 189
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 22
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5
  • Amount of lines: 234
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, s are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words que, e 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 o, a, es, cio, bios are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words o, a, es, cio, bios, ncias at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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