This is an analysis of the poem Moreninha that begins with:

Moreninha, Moreninha,
Tu és do campo a rainha,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbX XXcdXX XXXbXe XXeXXX XXXXXf XXXbXb XXcXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX bXXXXX ddXXXX XXadXX XbXXXX XXXdXa XXXXXf XbXXXX XXcdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001000 11110010 1110001 11010100 100100111 1101110 1011010 1110101 1011011 11010010 101010110 1011110 11101100 10010110 1110110 10011010 11110110 0101110 11010110 1101111 101011 100111100 11101000 11010110 10101100 101101000 11000100 10101100 10100100 1111001 11101000 1111011010 11011011 11110010 1001100 1111101 0101010 11010110 1011011 101001100 101010110 1011110 1101011 110110110 1001110 1101100 111001100 111010 11101000 10011100 1000101 1000101100 1001111000 110101 111101011 110101100 1101110 101000100 11111100 1011110 01010010 11011110 011010 11011100 11011110 110110 10001000 1111010 1110011 10110010 101010110 1011110 11101100 1010111 100110 110110 1111111 111110 1010100 11101000 111011 1010010 011101000 1001001 1101000 11001100 101001 1101010 100010010 101011 101011100 110101111 1111101 110010110 11100100 1011001 1001110 10110110 1011011 101010010 101010110 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; tu, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tu, 'co'as, co'as, 'deixa are repeated.

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

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

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