This is an analysis of the poem A Uma Senhora Que Me Pediu Versos that begins with:

Pensa em ti mesma, acharás
Melhor poesia,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab aXXX XbX XbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111010 1010 10010100 1011 111111110 1010 11101110 1000 1011101 1011 11011000 11111 111111 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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; s is repeated.

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