This is an analysis of the poem Barcarola that begins with:
Cantam nautas, choram flautas
Pelo mar e pelo mar...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXX XXXb XaXX XccX XXXX XXdX XdXe fXXf XgXX XXaX ebXX XcXf XXgX XXbX XcbX XXXX XXXX XAXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1011101 1010010 101100110 1001111000 1111001 110010 1110001 1101100 1011101 1110010 10101000 1111011100 10010101 110010 111000100 1101011010 111001 1001101 111001100 1000100 1110101 111101111101 111110111110 110011 1111101 111011 101101110 10110110 11010010 101101001 1000100110 0101001 1011011 1011011 1101011 11100101 1010110 101011 101110010 11101110 1001010 1110101 110100 1011100 010010 11101 11010110 1011100 100010 100110001 10011010 10100100 1010110 1101101 10101101 101111 1101010 10111 111011 1111101 111111100 1011010 111101100 1001011000 11111011 1110110 11100110 10101010 1011101 1010010 101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, de, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words se, n, mais are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is, u, o are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase quem connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Barcarola;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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