This is an analysis of the poem O Tonel Das Dânaides that begins with:
Na torrente caudal de seus cabelos negros
Alegre eu embarquei da vida a rubra flor....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXXXbXaXXXXXXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100110010 01011001100101 101011110100110 110011001000110 10100111100110 100100110100 1001110110100 1111011010 1010110010100 11101011010 10101011110010 1101000101010 110101111101000 1011100011111 101101010011010 111100111100 11010011010010 11101001100111 110110110011000 1101110011011 1101101101010 1101001101010 10110111000 11010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1035
- Average number of words per stanza: 199
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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.
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; e, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.
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- summary of O Tonel Das Dânaides;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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