This is an analysis of the poem A Uma Estrangeira that begins with:
Lembrança de uma noite no mar
Sens-tu mon coeur, comme U palpite?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXaXXXbbaXXaXXaXXXXXaXXXXXXXXbXXabXXXXaXXXXXaXXXbXXXXXXXaXXXXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010111 11111110 01111010 111110101 11111010 10 111110100 1110 101011100 1001100 10001000 110101111 10101100 11011010 1100010100 110110111110 1011010010 1101100111 1101000 100110 110011110 1101111110 11001100 11010111 11110100 1010010 10101000 1010001000 1011001000 100101111 1101110 1001010 1110110 11010010 11010100 111001 001101010 101110 01010010 10011010 11001000 110100111 110001010 11011010 10101000100 100011100 11010010 110100111 11001000 1101110 11110100 101000100 110101100 10011111 1101000 111110 11110101000 10000010 10101000 10010001 110111100 11101010 1101110 11001010 101011000 10011111 1101100 1010010 1101110 100110100 1001010 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1920
- Average number of words per stanza: 351
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, era, oh are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, aos are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase s connects the lines.
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- summary of A Uma Estrangeira;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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