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

Lá na terra da vida e dos amores
Eu podia viver inda um momento......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXAX XaXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXa XXaX XXAX XXXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXb XXXX bXaX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011100 11010101100 10001110010 11101100100 1101011000 11011001010 100111001011 1101011000 1101101100 10110110100 111100100 11010101100 10011111110 11011001010 111111010100 110010010100 1101100101100 11011010100 1101111100 100100011110 101011010110 110001010000 110100011100 1111100110 11111010011100 11001010100 1011101001010 100010010100 111011011100 11010101100 10001110010 11101100100 1 0101010100 1110010111010 010110110100 11010001100 1010101000 1010010111 1010110011 10001101100 101111010100 1101101100 11001010010 111100111100 101010011000 11101011100 1110100010 1101111000 111101011 111100110110 10011001100 10111101010 01110011100 1111110100 1110111001100 1010111100 111100010 1011101110 11000110010 1110100110 1101011100 1110110100 110101101 11001101000 1101111010 10001101010 1101101110 110011000 10011111110 01001101110 01110110010 1010110011100 0111001010 101010010 1010010100100 10101101011 111011011100 11010101100 111100100 10011101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; de, it, lia, e, o, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words l, e, vai are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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