This is an analysis of the poem O Editor that begins with:

-A poesia transcrita é de Torquato,
Desse pobre poeta enamorado ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXaXXXX XXaXXXXXaXXXXXX XXXXaX XXXXXXXXXa bbaXXXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,15,6,10,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101000100 111010000 1010001010100 100111000 1101011010 1101101110 10101011001000 10001011010 111101110 1100101010 101000110 11110011110 01111010010 10110111010 11111000 10101011010 110111101100 10111110110 1001011010110 11101011000 10001010100 1011000100110 01111010010 111110011010 1010111010 1000011010 110100111100 1101011100110 1110110011100 1111111 110000110000 11101001001 1010010110 110100110110 11101111100 101111001010 10101111100 1000010110010 11011010 1111011101100 1100101101 101101010010 1100100100 1100111010 101010101 11111000101 11011001010 1101010100 1001111110 11010001011 1111000101 10101001100 111011101100 10101100100 1111001101000 1001000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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, e, um are repeated.

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  • summary of O Editor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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