This is an analysis of the poem In Extremis that begins with:
Nunca morrer assim! Nunca morrer num dia
Assim! De um sol assim!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXX XaXbX XXX XXXXX Xbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101010110 1001110 1100011 110111110100 11000111110100 111010011101100100 101011001110010 10100110011000 101001101010110 1000110100011000 11010110111001110 111101110011 0100101101101 111101011001 0111101100010 11010011100000 0101100011010 010111 1110011100 1011101111011110 0101001110010 010110010110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; assim, e, o, vendo, boca are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, a are repeated.
The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fria connects the lines.
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- summary of In Extremis;
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