Soneto Iii - Ditoso Aquele, E Bem-Aventurado by Gregorio de Matos Guerra: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Soneto Iii - Ditoso Aquele, E Bem-Aventurado that begins with:

Ditoso aquele, e bem-aventurado,
Que longe, e apartado das demandas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: 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,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100101110000 11110001100 11110011000 11011011100 10011011000 11001110101100 100111111010 110100010000 1110011110100 111000110 010111110100 10100101100 1111101100 11001000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 28
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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