This is an analysis of the poem Finge Que Defende A Honra Da Cidade E Aponto Os Vícios De Seus Moradores that begins with:

Uma cidade tão nobre,
uma gente tão honrada...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X a X X X X b X X X X X X X X X c X XX X a X X X X X X b X X X X X X c c X X X X X X X X X X d X X X X X X X X X X X X X b X X X X X X X a X X b X X X X X X X d a X X X X a X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 1010100 1011110100 11110111 10101110 111110110 110010110 1010010 1110010 11100111 1001011011 1010010 111110000 011010100 10110100 11101110 11001010 11010100 0111010 11111011 110011 1001011011 01001000 110011100 1011110 11011100 1010000 110010100 111110100 1110100 11101100 11001011 1001011011 00101010 111001100 1111100 1010010 111010100 1111011 11001011 10010100 11100100 001010110 1001011011 11001000 10011010 010011110 100101100 1111110100 11000 0100111 01001100 110011000 1010101 1001011011 110100 111010110 110001110 11001110110 1010100 01001000 11011100 101011010 101110 1010101 1001011011 11001000 10011010 11101111 10100110 110100 11101110 1111011010 110011100 1101001100 111000101 101011011 01010000 111011 1110001 100101000 10101000 1100110 10011011 10010110 1101010110 110010100 1001011011 11011 110011010 110100010 1100011 11111001 11101010 1010100 110011100 11100100 11110110 1001011011 11101110 111010 11101000 10110001 111111000 101101100 101001100 11010110 11101100 1101101 1001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 115
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 24
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; o, e, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words uma, e, a, o are repeated.

    The author used the same words uma, e, a, o 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 a, rei, o are repeated).

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

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