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

Nesta hora de sol puro
palmas paradas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa b XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX baXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,17,7,7,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110 10100 10100 1000 10 1001 1111010110 1110110100100100 10000 10111100 101100 1001101001010001001 10 101100 100110 10110 101100 1001001100100100100 1100 10001010001001010100 10010 101010001010100 100011100011001 10010111010011010110 1010011011110 1011100101010101 0100110001100 0100110011010010 0100110011001 0100110001000110 01001100110011 111111001010100110 10100 10100 1000 10 10 110 11011101001010110 11101010001 01010 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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