This is an analysis of the poem No Barco that begins with:

— Lucas! — Maria! murmuraram juntos...
E a moça em pranto lhe caiu nos braços....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXXXXXXXXbXbXXXcXXXXXXXcXXXXXXcaXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXcaXXXXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 59,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100010 1011101111 10010001110 101011110100 10111001110 11001011000 10100111010 1010010101 110100110 101101101100 101011101000 110100110110 1010110100 1010110010 11001110100 1011100110 1010110010 100011110010 110011000110 1110100110 11111010100 101011001110 101110110010 11001001000 101000101110 1110011010 101001101010 101111000010 101101010100 111101101 10100110010 111010110010 1010110100 1111010 10010100 100010111 1010010 010101001110100011010100 01111100 0110110 11001010 11111110 111100110 01000100 1101001100 101001101011001100 111110 1010011 1100111 10110011 100101110 1110010110 101110011 010100110 11101010 1101101 1010010 11010010 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2021
  • Average number of words per stanza: 371
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • 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; o, adeus, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

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

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  • summary of No Barco;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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