This is an analysis of the poem Menina E Moça that begins with:

Tu, que és quase uma criança
E que enlevada sorris...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXA XXXa bXXc XXXa bXbc XXaX XXXA XbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 11100010 10001000 01100110 1010101100 01011011100 101001100 1011110 100101110 1010110 101010000 1110001 1100101100 101011100 10101100 101010111 10010010 1011100110 11010110 1010011 1101110 11011100 10110110 101001100 11111010 11000101 0100001000 01100110 110000100 111011010 11010010 1100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.

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