This is an analysis of the poem Tarde De Outono that begins with:

O Poeta:
Oh! Musa, por que vieste,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXX X XXXa X XXXXXX X XXXX X XaXXXb aaXaXX X XbXX X XXXXXX XXXXXX X XXXX X XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX X XXXX XXXX cXXc XXXX XaXX X XXXXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,4,1,6,1,4,1,6,6,1,4,1,6,6,1,4,1,6,6,6,6,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 110111 1100110 0101100 111010100 011001000 1010110 010 01101001010 110010100 11011011010 101101100110010 110 111101 1010011 01011000 111110 10001010 10101010 010 1010110010 110010100 01010111011010 10101011100 110 110100100 111010 11010010 1011010 110101 1001001 11110010 11001010 01010010 01011010 111010100 111011 010 0100110001000 10101000101 1100011010 01010100100 110 1001101 111011 1101010 11100100 11001100 1101010 1001110 0101110 10000110 110101101 1101101 011100 010 10101010100 1101001100100 101010110 1001100100 110 1010111100 1001100100 110011000 10101110 1010010 11100010 10010100 1001000 101010 111011100 11001100 01011010 11011000 11010010 10111100 111110 10111010 10011000 11111 1101001 110110 0111110 11001110 111001010 010 100101100 110001000010 0101011110100 010110101010 10111100100010 1110001000 101011101001 110101010000 101011100110 10110011100 10101101010111 10110110 101101010100 101001010100 101010111010 111101100100 11010110010 11001010010 11110110110 1000100101000 110 110111000 101101100 1010100 11010100 11000100 110110 11001 1010011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • 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.

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

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a, saudade, i are repeated).

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