This is an analysis of the poem Meu Anjo that begins with:

Meu anjo tem o encanto, a maravilha,
Da espontânea canção dos passarinhos;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110001000 11001011000 111010010 10111001100 1011100010 10111100100 101001000 100101001100 1011101100 1101110110 0100101010110 11011011100 1011010011010 10011011100 111111010 1100101100 11010101110 1101111100 11101100110 10011001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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, de, num are repeated.

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  • summary of Meu Anjo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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