This is an analysis of the poem Canto Iv [se O Sacro Ardor, Que Ferve No Meu Peito, that begins with:

Se o sacro ardor, que ferve no meu peito,
Não me deixa enganar, vereis que um dia ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXX X XXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111110 1110100101110 100101011100 111001000100 100110110010 1101001010 101101001100 10011001100 1 10110101000 101101011010 100011101000 10010111100 1010110100 110110111010 100010110 11011110100 1 1110011101000 10100111100 10010111000 101111011010 101111110100 10110110100 1110101110 111011010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; o, que are repeated.

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