This is an analysis of the poem O Peixe that begins with:

Do mar, ao fundo, o sol, em misteriosa aurora,
Dos corais da Abissínia a floresta alumia,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXa XaX 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: 111101111000010 11011000100100 10010011010 0101101010010 110111100110111100 010010011001100 110010011010 1101000111010 10000110100100 1111010010010 11110110100100 11011000100010 1101101000110 111000101111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; o, p are repeated.

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

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