This is an analysis of the poem Minha Terra! that begins with:
Quanto é grato em terra estranha
Sob um céu menos querido, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XbbX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110100 11110100 1011000 11101000 1001100 1101000 10010010 100110100 11101100 10011011 10111110 11101001 10101100 1111110 1100111 1111010 10010110 10101101 0101110 11100010 110111110 1011111 10010100 10101101 11111100 101010101 1011010 111011 1110101 1111101 01101010 1101100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase meu connects the lines.
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- summary of Minha Terra!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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