This is an analysis of the poem Longe De Ti that begins with:

Longe de ti, se escuto, porventura,
Teu nome, que uma boca indiferente...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXX aXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101111001000 11110101000 101010010100 11110110010 1101100100 10100101100 010001100110 110011001 11110111 010110110000 101010110 1101101000010 1010011101000 110111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

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  • summary of Longe De Ti;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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