This is an analysis of the poem Ao Dia Dos Finados that begins with:

Um dia para os mortos, se é que o dia
Nos túmulos penetra....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXaXXXX X bXXXXXaaaXbXXXX X XXXXXXbXX c baXXXXXXXXbX c XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,15,1,15,1,9,1,12,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110111110 110100 101001011010 10100110 10010111110 100110110000 1 1001010110 11110101110 1010111010 101110 11101010 110001101100 1011010010000 11110100100 11010000 011011 100111001010 1101011 110101111000 11011010111 1110111 1 110010 10010111 10100011010 111110110 11100111100 1111111000 1111010 10001001010 1010101010 1010101000 111001110110 1010101000 10100110111100 1101111100010 11011010010 1 10010101110 110111001010 100111101110 1011001000 11100101100 1011001010 1110101011 010100010000 101101110110 1 10101111110 11101110110 101001001010 110110110 11100011100 1001100 11001101100 111 1110001100 110110110 111011101110 111110 1 1001111100 11010101000 101011101000 11111011000 100101010 10101001100 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; os, m, o, que are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ao Dia Dos Finados;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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