This is an analysis of the poem Marília that begins with:

Ó Marília! Ó Dirceu! Eram dois ninhos
Os vossos corações, ninhos de flores; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101010110 1101010011 11011101100 10000100100 1010110100 1000101100 1100110110 101010001000 110100011 110100010 101101010 101101001100 1001111010000 1000010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 511
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; os is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a is repeated).

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

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