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

O poeta chegara ao alto da montanha,
E quando ia a descer a vertente do oeste,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa XXa
  • 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: 1101001101100 1101001001011 11010100 100101 10100110110101 1100100101011000 11100110 100111 10111111110011 1110111 1100011 10011101111100 10100100 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; o, ao, se are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word o at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of No Alto;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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