This is an analysis of the poem No Dia Em Que Fazia Anos that begins with:

Pois os prados, as aves, as flores
ensinam amores,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X X X X B X X X X X X a X X X B X X X X X X X X X X B b X X X X X X X X X B X b X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110111 100100 1001100 10100 110100 11100 11000101010 100100 110100 111100 1110100 11110110110 1001100 100110 10100 110100 110100 11000101010 100100 110100 110100 110100 11111001100 110010 100110 10100 110100 110100 11000101010 100110 010010 110100 1110010 11101101110 1101000 1100010 101011 110100 1111100 11000101010 100100 010100 1101000 11100 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 19
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; os, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, os, o are repeated.

    The author used the same words as, os, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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