This is an analysis of the poem Aves Da Arribação that begins with:

Pensava em ti nas horas de tristeza,
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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXbbbcdXXXXXXXXbXXXXbXXXXXXXXabXXXXXXbXXXcXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXcXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXbbbXXaXdXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 109,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111100100 1010101010 1001101100 1001111111 1110101100 11111100100 111001100100 11010110001 10010 10001010 10 1010 1 1011111111000 100111101100 11001001000 11010001000 1111011101000 11011010100 110101101000 110111011110 101001010 1010101101000 00010100110 11100011100 1 1101010010010 1001001100 11010010010 111011010 11011010100 11011001 11011001000 1110101100 1010110111010 1010110111011 10111010010 110101011100 10101001010 10001011100 101010101 101011100100 11101110000100 11101001110 101010101100 1011001101110 1001100011000 110010011010 101110001110 111010001010 101101000 1010101110000 1110100011110 1010011000111000 1011001100100 010011001000 1110111000 110100011000 1 110101111010 0100110100 11001110010000 110110100 1101000110010 10110010011000 10101101100 11000101010 1100110100100 1100111000 111001011010 1110010011000 1100101110 10101001100 101101010100 100010011010 11111010011 1101101000 1101101100 101101001000 1 11010100 1000101110 1111001000 101010010 10101001100 111110010 101010111000 111001101100 1101000110 1010100100 11000100110110 10110110101000 110111000010 11010011010 01010010010 10001100110 1100101001100 101101100010 0101010011110 101010011000 1 101001111 100101100100 110100011000 100111100010 11011010011 110110011000 0001011000110 1011100011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3698
  • Average number of words per stanza: 661
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; e, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words quem, eram, e are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rosa is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rosa connects the lines.

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  • summary of Aves Da Arribação;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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