This is an analysis of the poem Canto De Amor that begins with:

Eu vi-a e minha alma antes de vê-la
Sonhara-a linda como agora a vi;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX XXXX XcXc bXXd XXXX XXceX XXeX XdXX XdXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXa XXbX babX XXXXX XXdX XXXX eceX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,8,5,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010011 1000101010001 1101011110 1110010100 1001001011010 11010110011 111010101100 10001101010 11110110100100 100100111111 1001001111100 11001011 1001010111010 1001010100011 110111011011 101010111 1101101010 10110100110 110101110100 11101010010 1 101110111111 110010110011 1110100110 01001010100010 11101110100 11010011010 11110101110 0101011110 01101000010 110011111 111100100010 10010100110 11010110100 1101001100111 1100101010100 1110100011 10110010101010 11010010010 1010111111 11111001110011 1 110101110010 11110111101 11111011010010 110101101 1110101011100 1110101011100 11101011111 1110101110010 110110110101 11111110100 1101011011 1111101100 1001001011 110011001100 111010110 11110111010 10010110110 11010110010 101111011 110101101010 110010010001 1 111110110101100 1111011101 1010110010 1100010101 01010101010 1010011001 1100101100111 10101101011 10100110010 1101010110 10110011110 11010010 1101011010 111010111 11111010110 11010011110 1110010101 1101111101 10011110111 1001111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; eu, de, o, que, se, n, e, l, rio are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words como, a, que, se, e are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Canto De Amor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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