This is an analysis of Soneto 5 by Tomás António Gonzaga.

Ao templo do Destino fui levado:
Sobre o altar num cofre se firmava,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 11011001100 11101111100 1101101100 100101100100 10110111100 11010110100 111100100100 11010101110 10001001010 11010001000 11011100100 1110110011100 11011001010 10101001100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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