This is an analysis of the poem Crepúsculos Nas Montanhas that begins with:

Além serpeia o dorso pardacento
Da longa serrania,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX abab XXXXc XXaX XXXX XaXa XXXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXcXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101000 110100 101011110000 111100 1101011100 11000100 1111100100010 1101100 1100110100 1101100 100110100 101100 111110110 110110 111101111010 11010 1 101001101100 100111 111110010 1110011 1111111101 101010 101101000010 11100 1101011100 1111 1011011100110 11110 100110111100 1001110 101101100010 1111010 1 1001011010 11111011000 110001010010 11101000 111010100 1101101100 1101011011 1110100 1 111001101100 100101010 10100 10001011100 1010111111 11001110100 1100100 11100100 10010110100 1110110001 1010010 101001011000 11001110100 11100101100 111010 1001101110 111011001 1101100100 1001110 110100110110 110110010011 1001011011 01011000 11011100100 11101100010 10011110011 10101110110 110101110100 1101011100 011100110110 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • 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:

    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.

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

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

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  • summary of Crepúsculos Nas Montanhas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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