This is an analysis of the poem O Baile Na Flor that begins with:

Que belas as margens do rio possante,
Que ao largo espumante campeia sem par!......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011010 11101001011 10110111100 11011011011 1110100 101010 100110 11111 1101100 110100 110110 101100 10010 1110 100 1110 100 110 100 100 10 11 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; que is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lumes is repeated).

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

  • summary of O Baile Na Flor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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