This is an analysis of A Luva by Augosto dos Anjos.

Para o Augusto Belmont
Pensa na glória! Arfa-lhe o peito, opresso.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXX XXX XXXa XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,3,3,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10111011 1011101110100 110001010000 10100101010 100110101100 11001101100110 111001101110 11110001100 1110001100 110100100 10100110000 111100010000 1111010010 1001010110 10100101010 11001010010 0101111010110 1011101000 10001010100 111010111100 1001010100 110100101100 10101001110 10111010100 1110011111110 1010110101 111001011110 100101001100 1110111110 1110011011000 100011010 101001110100 1010001000000 11011001000 100010101111 110101010 1011101000110 11100100110 10110100010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 39

Repeated words/phrases

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