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

No outro dia, na borda do caminho
Deitado ao pé de um fosso aberto apenas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXaXX XaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101100 100110110100100 111101010110 101001101 1110011001 1010110010 101111000 10110011100 11100101000 101101001110 100100101100 111011010100 101100110110 11111101100 11011101011 11101011 11001001010 11010110010 111101111101 01100010100 10100011000 10001011011000 101011110010 11110100100 11001111010 100100101010 110010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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