This is an analysis of the poem Na Estrada that begins with:
Eu vi o pobre velho esfarrapado
- Cabeça branca - sentado pensativo...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010000 10101001000 101011 10001101100 1101111110 110101 1001111100 11010010010 1101110 111111001100 101100101 011010 111001010100 1001100011010 1100010 110010001100 11011110000 1010011 11001010000 11001011010 101010 111000110 11010010110 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; sem, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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- summary of Na Estrada;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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