Poem Analysis of Felicidade by Vicente de Carvalho for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Felicidade that begins with:

Só a leve esperança, em toda a vida,
Disfarça a pena de viver, mais nada:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXXa 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: 1011000110010 100010010110 1101001000 110110001000 1100101101000 10101100110000 1010101100 1111010110010 1010001100 110001100 10100010010 10111101000 10111001010 11001011100
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.

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Felicidade by Vicente de Carvalho: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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