This is an analysis of the poem Solidão that begins with:

Nas nuvens cor de cinza do horizonte
A lua amarelada a face embuça;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101100 010100000110 1011111110 1010100100 101111101000 11110011100 11110100100 1011011010 1101110010 10100001100 10111011100 1100101100 110101111 101010110100 10110101100 111110100 100110110100 111011100 101010110000 01010110010 100100011100 101010100 101111111 1011001100 1010101100 1111111110011 11101010100 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; sem, o are repeated.

    The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Solidão;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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