This is an analysis of the poem Língua Portuguesa that begins with:
Última flor do Lácio, inculta e bela,
És, a um tempo, esplendor e sepultura: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXX aXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10111100110 1011110011000 101001110100 0101010110010 10110100001100 100101010100 111111101100 1110011011100 1011110111010 010101010010 101111000100 111101010110 1111010110100 1110101110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, da, o are repeated.
The author used the same word amo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Língua Portuguesa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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