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

Longe da pátria, sob um céu diverso
Onde o sol como aqui tanto não arde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXbX XbXX XcXc XXXX XXcX XcXX XbXX XXXX cXXX X XXXc cXXX XXXX XXXc XXXX XXXa XXXa cXXX XXXX XXXX XcXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100 11110101011 10100111100 1111011001 110110011 10011011110 10110111010 1011011101 101110110110 1100100110 11011011011 1100101010 111111111 1101001101 11000111010 1110011001 11110101100 010110110011 0100100100110 111011010100 11010111010 1010101110 110110101010 1010001011100 110110111 1110101011110 110110011111 11010111010 101001100100 1101110010 1001101100100 111011001 101110111010 10101100110 10101110110110 1011010110 11101000010 1100101100100 1110110100100 11110110100 101011010110 110001000110 11011000101 11101001100 1101010110100 11010010100 1101011010 1011001010010 100101101010 110100111011 111110010 10011011110 1 11110101110 10111001100 11001100100 101001110010 10101010110110 111011010100 100110111100 1111011100 1111101010 1010111110 11010001110 10011110100 1010101010110 11011110100 100100100110 101011110110 101010101110 100110110100 10011000110 10001110110 1010101011010 100100111100 11011110110 11010111011 1010101011010 11001011100 10100101000 111101111110 110101010110 11010111001 101001101100 111110110 0111001010 101011110 101010010 10100110110 10110101100 1111101011 10101010011 1010101010 110110010 101001001010 10110110010 101101110100 11001110110 0101101100110 101110110110 11110101110 110110110110110 11010110011 11110111100 1001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; e, o, oh, que, me, de, eu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, l, o, e, oh are repeated.

    The author used the same words eis, e, quero at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of No Lar;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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