This is an analysis of the poem Manuela - (Cantiga Do Rancho) that begins with:

Companheiros! já na serra
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXb aaXXXX XacXXb ddXXaX XdXXXX aXeXXX aaXaaX XXXaaX XfbXfX XXXXdX aaXaaX aXXXaX XXXdXX XXcXXb XXXXaX aaXXXX XXXXaX aXXeeb XfXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 10 010100010 1001010 1 1001010 11110110 1 111001 1011100 10 110110 1101101110 1 1011100 101110100 10 1101010 01010010 10 10100110 111010000 11 110110 1001100 10 10110101 01001000 10 11010110 1010010110 10 11100010 10101010 10 1101100 101111000 10 10110100 101111000 10 11110 01010100 10 10010011 11010100 10 10011010 100010 10 1011010 10100010 10 1010111 01011100 10 1011101 1011010 10 111001101 1110100 1 111100010 10101100 10 10010110 101011010 10 110111110 1010111 10 11010100 11011010 10 10101011 1110010 10 1101001 11101010 1 110111 110110 110 1111100 11111000 10 101101 110101110 10 1111101 101011 1 01001001 1011000 10 11010010 1011000 10 10100101 11010100 10 10111 11110110 10 110011011 10110100 10 10011100 10111100 10 11001111 0101110 10 1011100 10001110100 10 10010010 11101001 11 11110110 11101100 10 110101101 010010 10 111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 149
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; que, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , rosa, pena, minha are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , rosa, pena, minha connect the lines.

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  • summary of Manuela - (Cantiga Do Rancho);
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