This is an analysis of the poem Virgem Morta that begins with:
Lá bem na extrema da floresta virgem,
Onde na praia em flor o mar suspira......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XbXb XcXc XXXX XaXX XXbX XXbX Xbbb XXXX aXXX XbbX bXXX XXbX XbXX XXXX XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100110010 1111111100 1110101100 11101100100 11011011000 1101010010 1101110010 10110110010 1100010010 111011000111 1010101111010 1100111100 1110010010 10010100010 110100101010 101101101010 110110100 0111000110 1000110110 11011010110 10110010110101 10100010101 1010110100 110110101 1100110101000 11011001110 100101110100 1110100110 100010110 11010110111 1011100110 101011001100 1101101100 11001101000 101101001100 1110110100 1100110011000 1100011010100 111010110100 110001101000 1001010110 11110011010 1101101110 1010101010 110110110100 11110011 100101011 1111010011 11101101011 1101001000 11010111110 11101011010 110101101000 101001010110 11111010010 11011001100 10000111110100 1110011011111 1001011110 1011001 11101101000 1011000011000 11100110 1011011000110 11010001010 10110110110 101110100 11010010100 10101110100 1101010100 1101101111100 110010010000 11001100110 1101100100110 101110101110 1111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.
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; de, que, minha, tarde, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tarde connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Virgem Morta;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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