This is an analysis of the poem A Cruz Da Estrada that begins with:

Tu que passas, descobre-te!
Ali dorme o Forte que morreu....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 10111110 001010001 100011010010 1001010110 1010110000 10011101100 111101100100 1110011110 1100110100 11000111110 01100101000 1101011001010 101101100100 1110111011 11000111000 1111110 101001100110 101000100 1111101000 1100111110 101000101100 11011011101 101110100110 01000100111 111011101100 1110010110111 10001100100 1101001010 11101100100 11001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, o, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word que is repeated.

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  • summary of A Cruz Da Estrada;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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