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

Querida, ao pé do leito derradeiro
Em que descansas dessa longa vida,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XaXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 010111101000 11100101010 10101101010 10111011000 101101001000 10100010001010 101010010000 111001110100 10111101000 11011110100 1101011011000 1111101101000 10000101000 11000101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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