This is an analysis of the poem Na Fonte that begins with:

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'Era hoje ao meio-dia....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXbXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXcXXXXXXadXXX XXdXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 63,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011110 1101010 1010010 1000110 110101000 100101000 10100100 1101100 1 11011100 1101010 101100010 111111 10010110 101100100 11010100 10101010 1 1001001000 10010010 10010100 11111010 101101010 1101101100 111011000 100010110 1 10111000 10110100 111010110 100111 10101100 11100110 1101010 101100101 1 11110100 1001011000 1111001100 10011011 1111010 1010010 1010110 1100110 1 10110010 01101010 110110100 101010010 10011100 11110010 01101010 11011 1 1011101100 1111000 110110100 1010001 10111110 1110010 11011000 101110011 10001100 11011000 1010011 1100010 1101010 100010100 101101000 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 833
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; na, o are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Na Fonte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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