This is an analysis of the poem Soneto 2 that begins with:

Num fértil campo de soberbo Douro,
Dormindo sobre a relva, descansava,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX aaX
  • 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: 1110010010 10010101000 101100101100 10101011100 0101110010110 11001011100 1011010110100 10101010110 100111001000 0101110011100 101011001100 10010011110 1001001010010 101001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, um, o are repeated.

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