This is an analysis of the poem C... that begins with:

Sim — coroemos as noites
Com as rosas do himeneu;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX aXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110 11101100 10110100 1101101 110110011 1110110 1111100 10111000 11001101 100110 111010 110110 11110110 1111011 10110110 10110011 110011100 10111010 101001110 101011 1100110 11000101 1000110 110110110 10110110 10101100 10101100 1101101 111101110 11011011 11110110010 10101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; por is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word dos is repeated.

    The author used the same word sim at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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