This is an analysis of the poem A Velhice that begins with:
O neto:
Vovó, por que não tem dentes?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 1111110 11101001 1110110 10111 111011100 1111100110 1110110 01011 11011110 010011 111100 1111101 01 110111100 1100010 111010010 11010010 110111100 11110011 11100100 11010011 1110010 111101 1011001000 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, t are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words por, como are repeated.
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