This is an analysis of the poem Minh'Alma É Triste that begins with:

Minh'alma é triste como a rola aflita
Que o bosque acorda desde o alvor da aurora,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX XXXX XbXX cXcX X bXba XcXc XaXX XaXX XXXX X XXXb XXXX bXXX XXXX XXcX X XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110010100 11110011101010 1111001110100 110100100010 110011101100 100101100100 11110010010 1110111010 110100100100 111010110 1110011010 101010101001 100101100110 1001101101110 100011000110 1111110110 101110110010 11111111010 111101110110 111101001 1 10011001110 1001101011 11111110110 11001110110 111011111010 1001110011 110101000110 11000100011 11010110100 1001110010 110010111100 11101010 1100101110010 1110011101010 10001100100100 100110111100 101110110110 11111111010 11001100 1011001001 1 1001100111 10010110100 1101101011 1110110110 1100111001 111011110 1001011010 1010001010100 10100110110 11010010100 1101001100 10100100100 1101001011 1110111100100 111010100110 10100111100 101110110100 11111111010 110110110111 1010101001 1 100110110100 11000110100 1101010111100 111110010 0100110100 11110010010 100111110010 100011100100 0101010011 1111110011 1101111001 11110110110 11010001010 1001011111010 101001110 101010110110 101110110110 11111111010 11011110010 101111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; o, que are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Minh'Alma É Triste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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