This is an analysis of the poem América that begins with:
Acorda a pátria e vê que é pesadelo
O sonho da ignomínia que ela sonha!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXX XXcX XXXX XdXd XXXa XXcX XXXb XXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100011111000 110110011010 1010 1010110100 11001011011 110110110100 11000111010 01011011000101 1110010010010 01110100010 11100101110011 110110101100 11010011001 100110011100 110011001011 110100011111 10011111101 11101001110011 110011111001 100111011100 11010011010 101100011100 101110011010 11111111010 110100101 110100101101010 10110110011 101110110100 110100110010 1101100100100 01001011011 11100010001101100 1100110010110 111110110110 1101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, se, que are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, as are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word s at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of América;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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