This is an analysis of the poem Germinal that begins with:
Passou. A vida é assim: é o temporal que chega,
Ruge, esbraveja e passa, ecoando, serra a serra,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXa XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10010101100110 1100011010010010 1100101100100 1110010011101000 111010011010100 1001011110110 1010101010111100 1000010100100010 111011000100 111110110100 1111101110100 1011110110010 1010010110110 1011001100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word alma is repeated.
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- summary of Germinal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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