This is an analysis of the poem The Last Song Of Camoens that begins with:
The morning shone on Tagus' rocky side,
And airs of summer swelled the yellow tide,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeeeeffeeddggXhhhaaddggiijjddkkggllaaggddllaaXhiiaaaaaaffiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101110101 1101010101 1100010101 11110101001 110011111 0101010101 0111111101 010010101001 0111011011 10010110101 1100010101 0101010101 11010001001 1100010101 0101010011 0101001101 1101010111 0111000101 10011010101 1111010101 0101010111 1101111101 11110101010 1011010101 01010101 10010111 10011111 11110101 11010101 10010001 1011111 1010101 1100101 11010101 11110001 11000101 10101001 110011101 11010101 11010101 1111001 11110101 1111101 11010101 01010000 11000101 10011111 01010101 1000101 11110101 10010011 0010101 101000101 10011101 10101010 110111001 100001011 01000101 1110101 01011101 1011111 01001101 1101111101 1101110101 1101001101 011101111 1101010111 1101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2536
- Average number of words per stanza: 451
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, o'er are repeated.
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- summary of The Last Song Of Camoens;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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