This is an analysis of the poem A Cantiga Do Sertanejo that begins with:

Donzela! Se tu quiseras
Ser a flor das primaveras...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXX bXXXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX XbXbbX XBXcXX XXXXXX bbccXX XXdXXX XBXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XbXXXX XXdXXd XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111100 10111000 110110 1111001100 100101000 1100010 11110100 11011000 1001101 1011110 11011000 11111 10110010 101001000 110110 11010100 11001000 1010101 11011000 11001100 11101011 11110000 1100100 11100110 11110100 11100100 11001010 11101000 1010100 1101000 1111010 110000100 1100101 11100110 1001110 1101101 11110100 10101010 1100110 111010111 11101100 110110 1110100 1000100 11101 111100100 11011000 1110011 111010 10100110 10010101 10010111 100101100 1100010 1101100 110100100 1010010 110110 1100110 011000 11110100 10101010 110110 101011100 10111000 110110 1011110 100100 10111 11100100 1101100 100111 111001100 10111100 1000100 11011100 11111000 11100110 1110010 11110100 11101100 110001100 1111110 100010 1111100 01011100 1101110 110111 11100100 10101110 11100100 1100110100 101110 110111100 10111000 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, o, e are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

    The author used the same words se, e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Cantiga Do Sertanejo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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