This is an analysis of Ossa Mea by Alphonsus de Guimaraens.

Mãos de finada, aquelas mãos de neve,
De tons marfíneos, de ossatura rica,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaX XXXb XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 10100100101 01100100010 100111101011 11010011100 1011111011110 1011011001000 1110011101 11010111010 1010001011010 10011110100 10110111010 1011001110010 1010010100 100110110100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

de, m, que, os