This is an analysis of the poem Canto Ii [não Era Assim Nas Aves Fugitivas that begins with:

XLIII
Não era assim nas aves fugitivas, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXXXaXX X XXXXXXXX X bXbXXXXX X XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101101000 11010011110110 1111010010 10111010 1101011010100 1000101011010 100010101110100 111101100011000 1 1000101011 101101110000 111101100100 1101100111000 111010111100 1010101101000 11001010100 110001010100 1 111010111 11100011000 11101110001 110001101000 10001101100 110110111000 1101101010010 1110011110 1 10111101010 101001111100 110100111100 11101100110100 11100110100 111100110100 110010101100 110001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, e, o are repeated.

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