This is an analysis of the poem Advertência that begins with:

Europeu!
Nos tabuleiros de xadrez da tua aldeia,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXaXbXXXXXXbX XXXXXcXXXX XcXXXXXXXXbXb XXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,10,13,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 110000101110 111000101000100010 1110010110100110010 10001100011000 1100 111001010110010001000 100001011 11100101111110011 100010001001100 101110100110111100110 100010010010 1110100110 10000 1111011001110011 10101100101 10 100 11111001011001100 10001001101 11011001011 10 11011011001011010 11110101001 111100101 101111110011 110 10010110001100011110 111011101010 111001101100011011000 110100100 10011001010 110010001010 0101000010 0100101101111110010 010010010110001010 101101010110 10011 010001000100010 0100011100101011 100 10101010011111111 100 110100101101011101 101101000101 10110011001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, tua, e, da, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words na, alegria are repeated.

    The author used the same word europeu at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Advertência;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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