This is an analysis of the poem Ao Dous De Julho that begins with:

É a hora das epopéias,
Das Ilíadas reais....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXabXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXcXXaXcXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,72,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100 11001 11101100 101100 0101101000 100010000 1011011 11110010 111110 110010 11010100 110110 10111010 1101011 11010100 11001000 1101101 11010100 11001000 1100010 11011110110 1011101 10010010 1111011 1010110110 10101100 111100 101110110 0101001 111110100 1111010 1110100 11101000 110001 1110110110 110110110 10110010 10010110 10011010 101100 10110100 10110110 11111101 111010 10110110 1111000 1011001 1111001 11100110 1010100 1110100 101011 1101100 1010011 1011010 11110 1011111 11101100 1110100 110011 1101110 1101111 110110 1110010 11100010 01100110 110010 010111000 1100100 11100010 1010110 1111011 1010100 10001010 1001100 1101011000 101001 100110100 1100100 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 403
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

    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, s, dos, nem, as, de are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ria, rio, as are repeated).

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  • summary of Ao Dous De Julho;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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