This is an analysis of the poem No Mar that begins with:
Era de noite — dormias,
Do sonho nas melodias,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXAX XXXXXXX XXXXX XbXXXX bcXXXX XXcXXb XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 1101100 110110 1000110 1110110 111110 11110100 11111 1011100 11000100 101100100 11010010 1001110 010011100 11101000 11010010 0110100 11011000 11111 1110011 1101110 11011110 111100 10001000 1010101 1000010 101010010 101010 1111010 111110 11111 10010010 11100010 101010000 0111000 1100011 10001100 11101100 10001001 110110 111110 1000110 1010110 1001011 1100101 1001010 10010100 1110010 100110 1101100 110110 1000110 1110110 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; que is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, como are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of No Mar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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