This is an analysis of the poem Soneto 7 that begins with:

Não me aflige do potro a viva quina;
Da férrea maça o golpe não me ofende;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa aXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111011001010 111111110 11100111110 110110001010 101001101010 10100010111 1010111111 101011011100 11101001100 101011001000 0101011100 101110110 11010110111 1101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Soneto 7;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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