This is an analysis of the poem Terza Rima that begins with:

É belo dentre a cinza ver ardendo
Nas mãos do fumador um bom cigarro, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101100 11110011100 10110111000 110010011010 101010010000 11101001110 1111111010 1111100110 1110101010000 10010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; o is repeated.

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  • summary of Terza Rima;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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