This is an analysis of A Lastima by Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto.

Eu não lastimo o próximo perigo,
Nem a escura prisão estreita e forte;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 11100110010 101001010011 100110101010 010100001011 010110010110 1111001111 01011001 10010110100 111001010010 110110010100 1101101100 11101101100 110111100100 101011001100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

o

Anaphora

a