This is an analysis of the poem Define A Sua Cidade that begins with:
De dois ff se compõe
esta cidade a meu ver:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a X X X X X X X X X b X X b X X X X X X X a X X X b X a X X 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,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 1010011 1101010 1000111100 1111000 1111100 110101110 111001100 111111 11011101 11011011100 101011010 011111 11011100 01010100 10001000 01100110 11010100 11011010 110010100 1111011101 111111 1010111 10010001 10010110 10011010 1110110 101011 1111001 110110 101111010 111110 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 35
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 22
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; e, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word por is repeated.
The author used the same word por 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 e is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word e at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase e connects the lines.
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