This is an analysis of the poem Soneto 3 that begins with:

Enganei-me, enganei-me - paciência!
Acreditei às vezes, cri, Ormia,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • 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: 10011001100 1000110110 10110001000 0111100100 10011001100 1101001110 111010100100 110110010100 1001101110 11011000100 1111010110 11101111000 1111011010 111001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; o, me are repeated.

    The author used the same word enganei at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ncia at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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