This is an analysis of the poem A Vida that begins with:
Na água do rio que procura o mar;
No mar sem fim; na luz que nos encanta;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaaX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110110011 11111111100 110011111100 11111100110 1101111010 1111011010 11001110100 0101010100110 11111001010 1011101110 010100100111100 100111100100 101010110 1100101000010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; que, na, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
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- summary of A Vida;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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