This is an analysis of the poem Cantigas Praianas:Ii-É Tão Pouco O Que Desejo that begins with:

É tão pouco o que desejo,
Mas é tudo o que me falta,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XaXa XXXa aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011100 11011110 111011110 1010010 10111100 11110110 11010010 1100101 100110110 100010010 111001101 11111010 1101010 01001100 1111110100 111001110 110100110 11000110 010110010 10011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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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