A Inconstancia Dos Bens Do Mundo by Gregorio de Matos Guerra: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Inconstancia Dos Bens Do Mundo that begins with:

Nasce o Sol, e não dura mais que um dia,
Depois da Luz se segue a noite escura,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XaXX 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: 111111011110 101111101100 11010101000 11010000100 111100111110 110100111110 10010010111000 1011011010111 11111110100 11000111110 1101001011100 101101010100 11101111000 0100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; se, por, o, na are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words em, como are repeated.

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