This is an analysis of the poem Anjos Do Mar that begins with:
As ondas são anjos que dormem no mar,
Que tremem, palpitam, banhados de luz......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXX XXXA XXXa XaXX aXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011011 11010010001 11011001110 1110100100111 11001110010 111001010 10101011010 11011011011 110110111011 11011110 11010011001 1110111001111 11011110100 11010001011 1101101110100 111010010010 1101101111 11011010100 11100110010 1110111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, o, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, s are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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