This is an analysis of the poem A Lagartixa that begins with:

A lagartixa ao sol ardente vive
E fazendo verão o corpo espicha:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011101 110010110100 11001101110 111111101000 10110110110110 111101001010 1110101011100 10001110110 10100101010 11001101011 1000100101 11011001100 1101101010 110110010100 101101101000 101101001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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, como are repeated.

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