This is an analysis of O Cometa by Olava Bilac.

Um cometa passava... Em luz, na penedia,
Na erva, no inseto, em tudo uma alma rebrilhava;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXX aXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1100100111100 110110011010101000 1000111101010100 1011101110010 100001011000010 011100100101000 11001101100100 10010011100100 11010011010 100101010010 1001110111100100 1001111011010010 11010101101000 0110001110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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