This is an analysis of the poem Noitada/ Noite Fecahada that begins with:

Lembras-te tu do sábado passado,
Do passeio que demos, devagar, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XbXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110100 110111100 101100110000 111010011 1110110100 110110000110 11001001100 1010101100 1110110110 101100101100 11100101110 1101001010 1100101110 110010100 11101011100 11101001110 10101001100 111000110 101001011000 1111101011 1010100101100 101110010 11010100100 1010110100 0101010100 1101011100 1110110100 10101010100 11011010100 11101101100 1110111101100 111101000100 11010011110 1101111111 111101110 1100011001 111101000101 11110101100 1010110100 10000110010 1100101100 110001101010 111110100 11011001000 10100110110 110101001100 111000101100 11101000100 11001001110 100010011011 1011101100 110101101 010110010100 11100111011 10110001000 11100100 1100110011100 11001101000 1101100100 11000110010 1101110010000 101100110 1101110100 1110111000 1111001001101 10100100100 10110001001 1000101100 111011011100 1010101010 110111100 11010101100 1110111101000 110101100 10100110010 11001001100 110010010000 11011101100 11101010011100 01000100100 1011011000 101010010010 1001001000 10101100 11010011100 10011011010 10111110100 1100110100 10110011110 11001001110 100110010100 10100010010 11010011110 01010111100 11101101001 11010110010 111111010 11010011 1001101100 101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e, que, de, por, s are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Noitada/ Noite Fecahada;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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