This is an analysis of the poem O Livro E A América that begins with:

Talhado para as grandezas,
P'ra crescer, criar, subir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXXXbXaXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXaacXdXXbXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXdXXXXeXXXfXfXXXXaXXXdXddXXXeXXXXXdXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 100,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101100 110110 11010110 1010110 10000100 1001010 11101 101010010 1101001000 10010001 10010110 1101000 1100100 10101010 1100110 1111101010 10110010 111010000 1011000 1100100100 1001101010 1010111 11000110 11001011 1111110 11100010 1111000 110101110 1110101000 111010 1011011 110100 01101000 11010 1010010010 101010 0101011 10011100 111011110 1110110 1011001000 110010 100010100 11010100 111010010 1101010 1101100 1101100 11000100 111110 10110110 10111 101011100 1011011 110110100 1100110100 1101101 1001000 1100010110 101001 1101000 1011001 11011010 11001 101101000 11000110100 011110010 1101011 10110101100 101110010 11011000 101010 101101100 1101010 11001110 101011 11011010 1101010 111010 101111 101110110 10101100 111001010 110100 100111010 10011110 110011001 1011110 1011000 100111 1001101100 10000100 11010000 101101 1011000 10111010 110010 11111110 1110110110 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2669
  • Average number of words per stanza: 493
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, com, filhos are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase o connects the lines.

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  • summary of O Livro E A América;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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