This is an analysis of the poem Mocidade E Morte that begins with:

E porto avisto o porto
Imermo, nebuloso, o sempre noite...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXbXbXXbXcXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcaXXXaXXXXccXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 83,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100110 1001000111 1001000 100 10100101 10 10 1110101001 1101011000 11 1100100101000 11010100 11 11110110 010 11100101 1010 110110 1 010101100 100 110110110 11101011 10101101100 101011010010 111101011010 101101100 1010101010 110001011000 1000100011000 1111010100 1010110110 1100100100 11011110011 101110010 10101110010 11101111010 11001100111 101011101 1111100010 11100110110 1010110100 110010100 101100111 1101111110 100010010010 1111011100 110101011 1010110100 10110110110 11010110010 11010111011 1110010010 1111110101110 11101100010 110001111010 1111101100 11101001010 1001110100 1011011111 1010110010110 11001000110 111001100 1110110101100 10011110011100 1011110010 10110111000 1101101010 11011010110 111001100100 1100110101 1110101000 1010101100 10100101110 101010110100 100101100100 110011011100 10101001100 101110110010 1011001100010 1110110010 10100110110 111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2733
  • Average number of words per stanza: 511
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, ria, que, adeus are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Mocidade E Morte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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