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

Bárbara bela,
Do norte estrela, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XXaXXXXX XaXXXXaX XXXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11100 111100 101 0110 110 11010 0100 110110 010010 101010 0110 1110 111100 11000 01100 1110 011110 1100 1010 11000 11000 10010 1110 11011 1010 110100 1010 1010100 01110 10110 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; os is repeated.

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

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

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