This is an analysis of the poem A Exma. Iaiá Brasília that begins with:

FOI BEM LONGE teu livro... Assim nas vagas
O brí´nzeo filho das indianas plagas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXXXX XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111010110 1110110010 111001 11100110010 10110010111 110100 11011001100 11001101000 10010001 110101010010 0101101000 010010 1111101010 111011010 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of A Exma. Iaiá Brasília;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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