This is an analysis of the poem Nuvem Branca that begins with:

Dizei-me: é ela a noiva casta e pura,
Que no alvor dessa nuvem rutilante, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXXXaXXaXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001010110 11101010100 10100101110 1000100100 10100101100 10111101100 1010011000 10110010100 10110100100 10100010010 10100100010 10011010110 100101011000 111010010110 11010100100 1100111100100 101100101100 11010101100 1100101000 10100110011 101011100 1100101110100 10101100110100 11010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 920
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; de is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ela connects the lines.

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