This is an analysis of the poem Fragmentos Da 'Arte De Amar':Iv-Se A Tua Amante É Bela that begins with:

Se a tua amante é bela
E tem ciúme, finge que o não tens;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbXbX XacaXX XbXbXXd XXXXcXX eXebbXaXab dXXc X aXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,7,7,10,4,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 11111111 1110010 11010 1101011 1010101010 11100010101 11 1101011001 10 111111 1110010 11101101101 11 1101100 1010101111 1001100 10111011011011 0100110 0111010 10 100101100 111010010010 1101111110 1000100 110111111 111 10 1110010 111101110 10011011010 11101111 1101 1011101101100 01010110110010 111 10110 11 1001101111010 100011 10011000 1001010001 11 1011010100110 101001110 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e, em, te, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, engana are repeated.

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