This is an analysis of the poem A Morte De Lindóia that begins with:

Este lugar delicioso, e triste,
Cansada de viver, tinha escolhido...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100011 100010101000 101001010 1100010110 110101110011 100111101110 0111011000 1000101010 1001111001110 1010111011 101111111 100011010000 110101011 1111100011110 1101000110110 11011011001 111010011 10101111100 1011011011110 101101100110 10011111101010 110111010010 11011001011 01011010101110 10100110010 101101010010 1100101110010 1110011011100 1101110100 1011010010 11001011101 101111110 110110011100 1011011010 1101110100110 1011101001 11101011101010 1001010011 11010011110 1111000100 10110110010 011110100 1101101001 11101101000 1100010100 1010011010 1111010011 1110110100 101010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1772
  • Average number of words per stanza: 362
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, 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 vezes is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Morte De Lindóia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by José Basílio da Gama