This is an analysis of the poem Ontem Ao Luar that begins with:

Ontem, ao luar,nós dois em plena solidão
Tu me perguntaste o que era a dor de uma paixão....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110100 1110011100101010 10100101010 110011011011 010101110 1000111011010 101101101100 1001011110 01010110010 0111011100 101001111110 1010101110 111101101110 100111001010 010101101010 100110110 1110111101010 1111001011110 1101110 11000101110 111010111 1010101000100 11100101100 0110010 01001001101 1110100 01101010 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 966
  • Average number of words per stanza: 219
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, dor are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ontem Ao Luar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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