This is an analysis of the poem Vaidosa that begins with:

Dizem que tu és pura como um lírio
E mais fria e insensível que o granito,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101011 111110011010 1111101011000 1010011010 101111010011 1110100011000 1111101110 100100011100 101010100011 01001011000 1100111110000 1111010110 1101101000 1111101100 11011001110 1011010110 1111111010 110110011000 1010110010110 110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, que, o are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word rio at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Vaidosa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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