This is an analysis of the poem Freedom In Brazil that begins with:

WITH clearer light, Cross of the South, shine forth
In blue Brazilian skies;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedeafafghXhijijdcdccfcfkXkXgfgfififlele
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100111 010101 1111010101 011011 00110000101 111101 1010110111 111111 11001110101 111111 1101100100 110101 1111010111 010101 1111011001 111101 1101011110 111111 1001111110 110101 011110111 111101 1011011101 010001 1101110111 110001 1101010101 011101 10010101001 100101 1001000101 110101 1111010111 110100 0011110101 0110110 1111011111 111101 0101010001 010101 0111110011 111111 01111100100 110101 0011010101 110110 1111010101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1722
  • Average number of words per stanza: 318
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and are repeated.

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