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

Foi em manhã de estio
De um prado entre os verdores,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XcXb XXXb XcXb XXXb XXdb XbXbacXb XbXb XXXb XXXb dbXb XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 0110101100 11111100 1000100 101010 10010 101110 111010 10110010 111000 1011000 11011 10000 1010 110010 10101 100110 111100 110110 110010 010010 1100 1011110 1110 1011 0101 10111 101110 11010 1110 111110 1010 01100 0101 1010 10010 1011 10110 10100 10010 10110 1010 1110 10010 110100 110110 1001111 10010 11010 011 11000 11010 11100 1110 11011 10010 100100 1010 10110 10010 1111 1110 11010 1110010 11101 1010 1011 1010 1110 1001 11100 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 13 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; os is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word se at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

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