This is an analysis of Anseio by Augosto dos Anjos.

Que sou eu, neste ergástulo das vidas
Danadamente, a soluçar de dor?!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXa XXb XXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1111100110 100001001 1010010100 100101000100 10100010010100 001011000110 1110101000 0100001100100 101110100 1010000010 111011010101 101110100111110 111011011000100 11011100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16