This is an analysis of the poem Luar De Verão that begins with:

O que vês, trovador? - Eu vejo a lua
Que sem lavar a face ali passeia;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXaX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100110010 1110011010 1101100010110 11101101010 111010011010 10101111010010 1111000111100 010101101000 11100110 10100100 110010110010 1001000100 111010011010 1101101000 11011001011111 11001010100 11011101100 10101100110 1001101010010 1011001001100 11000101010 01110011000 101100011011 11011111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; que, o are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Luar De Verão;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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