This is an analysis of the poem A Eugênia Câmara that begins with:

Ainda uma vez tu brilhas sobre o palco,
Ainda uma vez eu venho te saudar......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XaXa XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101110 10101110110 11101010100 111011010 10111010 01001010110 101001110110 110110111010 1011001110010 1011001110010 01001111010 10111101010 101100110100 1011011010 11101110110 101011011 110110 1011010001 10111100100 11110011101 11011111010 101110011010 101111111110 101111001 100110110110 10010011011 10110110011 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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, que, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ainda is 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 A Eugênia Câmara;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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